Tuesday evening forecast 30/01/24

30 January -  national weather forecast presented by Clare Nasir.

Transcript

00:00A windy spell of weather is upon us from Wednesday when warnings have been issued for the northern

00:05half of the UK. Let me take you through the bigger picture. All associated with a deep

00:09area of low pressure which remains well to the north of the UK. Even so, we will see

00:15a squeeze on the isobars across Scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England. A ridge

00:18further south will allow for a frost overnight into Wednesday. But here are your warning

00:22zones extending down towards Northern Council of England, the far north of Northern Ireland.

00:27This cold front weakens as it slowly moves towards southern counties through the latter

00:31part of Wednesday, clearing through the early hours of Thursday morning. And then a ridge

00:35comes in from the south west later. So we do have a yellow warning through the first

00:40part of Wednesday across northern Scotland. Gusts could reach 75 to 85 miles an hour across

00:46the coastline associated with the weather front moving in as well as the higher ground.

00:51And then from 9am this is your yellow wind warning pushing down towards Yorkshire, Lancashire

00:56as well as the far north of Northern Ireland. Gusts 45 to 65 miles an hour again in exposure.

01:02We'll see the highest gusts. So some damaging winds coming our way yet again. But overnight

01:07clearer skies across England and Wales. Some patchy mist and fog can't be ruled out and

01:12also a frost where we see those clearer skies persist. Rain approaches from the north west

01:17through the latter part of the night across the north west of Scotland as the cloud thickens

01:22ever southwards. And then the winds will really pick up some strength through the first part

01:26of Wednesday. A cold start to the day across England and Wales even with a little hazy

01:30sunshine but the cloud will slowly thicken through the day. The rain will be heavy across

01:35western Scotland. Rain also for Shetland as well as Orkney and it will intensify through

01:40the day as it extends down through morning time across Northern Ireland covering the

01:44central belt by around late morning into the first part of the afternoon. Notice the strongest

01:49winds associated with this cold front as it sinks southwards and ends a very gusty wind

01:54towards the north as well. Through afternoon into evening time you can see where the rain

01:59is. That's northern counts of England, the far north of Wales and clearing Northern Ireland

02:04but Belfast through rush hour will see some wet weather and blustery showers to follow.

02:09Ahead of it the cloud will be thick with some patchy rain and drizzle and eventually this

02:13weather front will slowly slide down towards southern counties through the latter part

02:17of Wednesday. Even the odd heavier pulse can't be ruled out towards the south east. A rash

02:22of showers follows across northern and western parts of Scotland and we could see some wintryness

02:27over the higher ground and yet again temperatures falling under clear skies across England and

02:32Wales. Even Northern Ireland in rural spots we could see the odd patch of frost to start

02:37the day on Thursday. Showery across northern parts of Scotland through Thursday and still

02:42those strong winds here. Elsewhere some clearer skies, some hazy sunshine as we head through

02:48the day on Thursday before thickening cloud brings outbreaks of rain yet again to central

02:53and northern areas of Scotland, clipping southern Scotland, the far north west of England as

02:57well as Northern Ireland. So a damp day across these parts further south. It's cloudy with

03:03a bit of a gusty wind setting the scene through Friday as well. It will be mild, cloudy with

03:08some rain in the north and north west and those gusty winds will continue. I'll see

03:13you later. Bye bye for now.