Wet weather with snow over hills continuing to clear away from eastern England. Wintry showers following across northern Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and southwest England. Largely dry elsewhere but feeling cold, and turning colder across southeast England as the cold air returns here. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 06/01/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Deakin.
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00:00Hello. The wintry weather will remain in place for much of this week. Met Office weather
00:05warnings remain in place and there are also many flood warnings from the Environment Agency
00:10also issued because of the wet weather we saw over the weekend. This area of cloud is
00:15an area of low pressure that is now heading out into the North Sea. But the isobars pretty
00:21closely packed across the UK. It's windy out there and that is a cold wind. The wet weather
00:25is retreating but still some snow mixed in over the hills of eastern England as it starts
00:30to pull away out into the North Sea and showers are following on across northern Scotland.
00:35Snow mixed in here and a mix of rain sleet and hagel showers coming into Northern Ireland,
00:40Wales and South West England through the afternoon. Many places though turning drier and brighter
00:45at least through the day but even if you see the sun do not expect any warmth. These are
00:50the top temperatures 3, 4, 5 in many areas actually turning colder through the afternoon
00:54as the cold air pushes back in across East Anglia and the South East. And when you add
00:58on the wind well it feels colder still feeling much closer to freezing. So a chilly wind
01:05bringing in those showers which will get heavier again across northern Scotland through this
01:09evening and as temperatures tumble that could again lead to some very icy conditions. Met
01:14Office yellow warning in place here. Then we have to look at this little weather feature
01:18increasing amounts of showers coming into Northern Ireland. Rain perhaps at low levels
01:23but sleet and snow certainly likely here. Same goes for Wales and then South West England
01:27as the showers increase through the night. We could easily see quite a bit more snow
01:33in some locations but it's going to be very patchy. Mostly close to the coast it will
01:36be rain or sleet but inland we could easily see several more centimetres and same goes
01:41for South West England. And even if it is rain that falls it could well turn icy as
01:46those temperatures tumble away. We'll see some of those showers just drifting a little
01:50further inland as we head towards dawn as well. These are the overall temperatures.
01:54So again dipping down close to freezing or below even in towns and cities and well below
02:00in rural spots and feeling colder with that brisk wind particularly across northern Scotland
02:05where the ice and snow risk continues for most of Tuesday morning. Same goes for Northern
02:10Ireland and further showers coming into Wales and the South West of England. Again that
02:14mixture of rain sleet and snow making for some slippery conditions on the roads. Many
02:19places again across the Midlands and certainly much of eastern and southern England looking
02:24dry fine and sunny through much of Tuesday. But again it is going to be on the cold side
02:29the wind still bringing the air down from the north. The winds generally lighter in
02:34many places tomorrow so perhaps it won't feel quite as cold as today. But obviously when
02:38we've got these showers coming in temperatures are going to struggle somewhat and we're only
02:43looking at highs of four or five maybe six seven perhaps eight in the far South West
02:47late in the day. And we do need to look down to the South West as things start to change
02:52as we go around the middle part of the week. Tuesday evening again we'll see that frost
02:56forming pretty rapidly. So wherever we've got showers whatever flavor those showers
03:00are hail sleet snow it could well turn icy. But notice down to the South West the cloud
03:06starting to thicken. There is a weather system looming out in the Atlantic an area of low
03:11pressure. Now that's got some pretty mild air with it but we've got the cold air in
03:16place across the UK. And as these weather fronts approach they are going to bring the
03:20moisture. Bit of a question mark about exactly where this weather front sits. It could easily
03:25be a little further north than is shown here but it's going to bring that wet weather where
03:30it's the colder conditions across the south likely to generate some snowfall. But big
03:36question mark about how far north how far south it gets. Now there is a Met Office snow
03:41warning that has been issued because it could be further north but equally it could stay
03:46further south. We may not see much snow at all. It's just one to watch at this stage
03:51because if it is further north it could bring some heavier snow during Wednesday across
03:56the southernmost counties of England. But I must stress at this stage it is far from
04:01guaranteed it's just something we're keeping an eye on at the moment. So please do keep
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