Saturday evening forecast 11/03/23

11 March - National weather forecast presented by Greg Dewhurst.

Transcript

00:00Hello. A real rollercoaster in our weather over the next few days. We'll see temperatures

00:05rising and then falling again as we move through the rest of the weekend into the beginning

00:09of next week. And the reason for this is low pressure systems moving in from the Atlantic

00:14bringing mild, wet and windy weather. However, as that moves away, the cold northerly air

00:18returns. Arctic air flooding south later Monday and into Tuesday, seeing the risk of snow

00:23once more. On saying that, we still have the risk of snow through the rest of Saturday

00:28as this weather system moves into the colder air, the Pennines, up into the Scottish mountains.

00:33Perhaps 2 or 3 centimetres in places, up to 10 across the tops of the mountains in Scotland

00:39and temperature-wise, 2 or 3 degrees at best in that colder air. Elsewhere though, behind

00:44that weather system, we'll see temperatures rising through the night, 6, 7, 8 degrees

00:48to start Sunday morning. It does mean that an icy start across parts of Scotland, North

00:53East England first thing. As that weather system moves away though, it brightens up

00:57for a time. Much of England and Wales having a bright day, some sunny spells though. It

01:01does cloud over from the west as we move through into the afternoon. Outbreaks of rain pushing

01:05into Northern Ireland, later into southern Scotland, northern England and also southwest

01:10England too. And temperatures exceptionally mild, 13 or 14 degrees. In fact, double figures

01:15for the vast majority of us. So it will feel more like spring and unlike what we've seen

01:21the last few days where temperatures have really struggled to get much above freezing.

01:24Though this will be accompanied by some brisk winds around the coasts and any lying snow

01:29will quickly melt away. Into the evening time, it turns more unsettled. We see this low pressure

01:35system moving in, outbreaks of rain across the whole of the country which could be heavy

01:39at times. Increasing winds too, gales developing around some Irish sea coasts and temperatures

01:44as a result exceptionally mild, not falling any lower than 9 or 10 in places. Though normally

01:50winds across northern Scotland here, 2 or 3 degrees. So some icy stretches, some wintry

01:54showers to take us into Monday morning here. And as that cold air tries to sink a little

01:59bit further south, it does mean that the rain turns to snow over the higher ground across

02:03Scotland once more. This rain band slowly pushes its way southwards through the day

02:07into parts of northern England, Wales once clearing northern Ireland. England and Wales,

02:11the rest of, will see a mixture of sunny spells and heavy showers. And it will be a windy

02:16day on Monday. Gales around the coast, particularly across England and Wales and temperatures

02:20well 13, 14 degrees once more. Behind this weather front, the colder air sinking south

02:25so temperatures dropping as the day goes on. An increasing risk of wintry showers as well

02:30across northern parts of Scotland. That cold air then continues to sink south as we move

02:36through the latter part of Monday and into Tuesday. We'll see an increased risk of snow

02:41showers in places through the day on Tuesday. Overnight frosts becoming widespread and harsh

02:46in places and it will still remain quite windy in places too. So, quite a lot going on with

02:51the weather over the next few days. You can find more on our social media channels. See

02:55you again soon.