Wintry showers continue in the north of the UK this afternoon, with snow accumulating in Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern parts of England and Wales. A bitter wind will keep it chilly especially in the far north. Sunshine and cloudy spells in the south where it will be slightly milder but turning cold into the evening. Feeling cold for all overnight, except for some areas in the far southwest. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 07/01/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Deakin.
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00:00Thanks for joining me for your afternoon weather update from the Met Office.
00:03The Met Office weather warnings continue, the wintry weather continues and there
00:07are also Environment Agency flood warnings in place as well. Check out the
00:11website for more details on all of that. Here's the view from space. First thing
00:16this morning, big swirl of cloud. That's the low pressure that brought the snow
00:19over the weekend. Down to the southwest there's a bank of cloud. That is going to
00:24mix things up as we go into tomorrow. But in between the two, these lumpy
00:28looking clouds, well they're the showers. The wintry showers that have produced
00:32more snow over Greater Manchester. Snow flow is coming into Northern Ireland and
00:36across Northern Scotland as well. We have snow and ice warnings in place still
00:40across Northern and Western Scotland, Northern Ireland through the rest of
00:43today and tonight. Could be very slippery again as things freeze up once more. The
00:48showers feeding into Northwest England and North Wales. A mixture of sleet and
00:53snow here further south and east. Many places actually dry and fine this
00:57afternoon. Quite a bit of sunshine around. The winds are lighter in many
01:00areas as well but there is a bitter wind still blowing across Northeastern
01:04Scotland. Temperatures here two or three degrees. Add on that wind and it feels
01:09perishing. Elsewhere temperatures similar to yesterday's but as I said
01:12lighter winds. Doesn't feel quite so cold. Pretty quickly though those
01:16temperatures will be back down below freezing as we go through this evening.
01:20So again anything freezing up on the roads and the pavements making things
01:24really quite slippery. So we do have that ice and snow warning in place for
01:29tonight and into Wednesday. Could turn a bit foggy in some spots as well. Parts of
01:33Northern Ireland, Northwest England and across the Midlands. But for many areas
01:37it's just going to be a very clear night. The winds continuing to ease down which
01:41means temperatures will fall further. A colder night than last night. Negative
01:46double figures likely in rural parts of Northern England and certainly across
01:50parts of Scotland. These are the valleys and towns and cities. Minus 2, minus 3.
01:54Pretty widely. Notice however maybe not quite so cold in the far southwest. Clouds
02:00starting to edge in here. That weather system we saw earlier. That is going to
02:04mix things up as we go through tomorrow. Still a bit of uncertainty about how
02:08much wet weather we get coming up from the south. Southern counties of England
02:13will see some rain and snow likely. I say some uncertainty about how far north it
02:19gets. So how much snow we exactly see will really depend on subtle differences
02:24in the wind direction. The wind coming in from the sea, slightly milder conditions.
02:27Wind coming in from the land means longer time for things to cool down. So
02:32there could be some snow across southern counties of England during Wednesday.
02:36It's far from certain. However we do have that warning in place. Something we're
02:41keeping a very close eye on. For many other areas it's a dry fine day on
02:45Wednesday. Still a few wintry showers in Northern Scotland across the north of
02:48Northern Ireland as well. The showers continuing here and there. But elsewhere
02:52many places dry and fine with some lengthy spells of sunshine. But again
02:56it's going to be cold. We start minus 2, minus 3. We get up to plus 2, plus 3 in
03:01many locations. Could see some milder air trying to push into the far southwest
03:05later on. But the potential still for this snowy weather across southern
03:10counties of England through Wednesday evening's rush hour before it finally
03:14starts to skirt away. As I said still uncertainty about how much snow we see.
03:18Whether it be more of a rainy mixture. Elsewhere again things likely to freeze
03:22up through Wednesday night. So again potentially very icy. Do keep up to date
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