Heavy snow coupled with strong winds feeding in from the northeast, spreading steadily southwards across mainland Scotland through the evening, giving some accumulations of snow with yellow warning for snow and ice in place. Wintry showers across western Scotland, northeastern Northern Ireland and northwestern England where a yellow warning for ice is in place with temperatures around freezing. - This is the Met Office Weather forecast for the evening of 02/01/2025. Bringing you tonight's weather forecast is Alex Deakin.
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00:00Good evening. The north wind is blowing, bringing snow and ice, particularly across parts of northern Britain.
00:07Heavy snow and strong winds bringing blizzards to parts of the Northern Isles through the evening
00:12and that wintry weather then slips its way down across the mainland of Scotland through the night.
00:17A further several centimetres of snow is possible.
00:20Further west, notice most of the showers here will be of rain, but still with temperatures around freezing
00:27and that could lead to some slippery conditions on roads and pavements.
00:31So we have a yellow ice warding in place down into parts of north-west England,
00:35across Northern Ireland and western Scotland and that mixture of snow and ice
00:39across northern and north-eastern parts of Scotland, again accompanied by those gusty winds
00:44making for blizzards and drifting of the snow.
00:47Back to the south, just staying dry, crystal clear, but cold.
00:51Minus 2, minus 3, even in urban areas in the countryside.
00:55Across the south we could get down to minus 5, minus 6, maybe even as low as minus 7.
01:00So a very frosty start across the south, a gusty wind blowing across northern Britain,
01:06still bringing in the showers in the morning, so still the potential for icy conditions on Friday morning
01:11across the north and the west and further snow showers coming in during the day
01:15across the north-east of Scotland.
01:17As we go through the day across the south, not a great deal of change.
01:20Gradually the frost should melt and we'll see plenty of sunshine across the midlands,
01:24south Wales, southern England.
01:26A few showers getting into north Wales, north-west England, again chiefly of rain,
01:30but a little bit of hail and sleet is possible and some snow over the hills
01:34as they'll be in western parts of Scotland.
01:37Temperatures here a little bit higher than to the east.
01:40We should get up to 4 or 5 on the west coast, whereas across the north-east
01:44we'll struggle to get much above freezing, certainly in Shetland staying below freezing.
01:48In the south, again 3, 4, 5 degrees Celsius, so below average,
01:52but the winds lighter here, quite a keen and chilly wind blowing once more
01:56along those North Sea coasts.
01:58During Friday evening, pretty quickly those temperatures will be back down below freezing.
02:02Still a few more showers coming in over northern England, perhaps into the midlands.
02:06Certainly they'll keep going in western Scotland, so again as temperatures drop
02:10that could lead to some icy conditions as we head into Saturday morning.
02:14But for a good chunk of the country, Saturday will again be dry and fine.
02:18Yes, we'll start at or below freezing in most locations,
02:22but quite a bit of hazy sunshine and offer across the south.
02:26Further north, still a few scattered showers, but not as many, I suspect,
02:30on Saturday as Friday, and certainly much of eastern Scotland, north-east England,
02:33staying dry and fine.
02:35But down to the south-west, things are changing.
02:38The wind's picking up, coming up from the south, so we'll see a spell of wet weather.
02:42Initially of rain, but it could turn to snow as we go through the course of the day.
02:48Again, a pretty chilly day.
02:50Later on, we could get up to 7, 8, 9 in the south-west,
02:52but for much of the day, most places only 3 to 5 degrees Celsius.
02:56But with lighter winds across Scotland, Saturday will feel milder.
02:59However, this wet weather in the south, as it hits the colder air,
03:03will produce some snowfall, something we need to keep a close eye on.
03:07There are yellow Met Office warnings in place for the weekend.
03:11This low-pressure system is responsible, bringing in the moisture
03:15and also eventually bringing in the milder air.
03:18But as this milder air, with that moisture, hits the colder air,
03:23that's already in place, we will see some rain initially,
03:26but then turning more to snow, particularly over the Midlands, Wales, northern England,
03:31and then into parts of Scotland.
03:33Freezing rain is also likely to be a problem,
03:36particularly across parts of Wales and the West Midlands.
03:39That could make things very, very slippery indeed.
03:42In the south, there will be gusty winds also,
03:45and as the winds pick up, as the ice balls squeeze together,
03:48that could cause some drifting of the snow coming into parts of eastern Scotland.
03:52So lots to consider into this weekend, Saturday night into Sunday in particular,
03:57as this low pressure moves in.
03:59Snow, freezing rain and ice across parts of England, Wales,
04:02and snow and strong winds moving into parts of Scotland.
04:05So Met Office warnings are in place.
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