12 January - National weather forecast presented by Jonathan Vautrey.
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00:00Hello there, very good evening to you. I hope you've had a lovely weekend. As we transition
00:05into the new week there are two competing factors in our weather. High pressure in the
00:10south east and low pressure up towards the north west are trying to provide two very
00:15different themes. In the middle there's a very tight squeeze in the ice bars particularly
00:20for northern areas of Scotland this evening and overnight. We're going to see some very
00:23strong gusts of wind, severe gales around for a time as this cold front pushes its way
00:27in. Whilst these south westerly winds are strong they're also very mild because if we
00:33trace those ice bars all the way back the source region for those winds is all the way
00:37down in the Atlantic filtering in some very mild conditions for the time of year. So certainly
00:43next week is going to be noticeably less cold for many of us compared to the one we've just
00:47experienced. If we just rewind back then to Sunday evening and for now it's still a few
00:53hours away before we see that cold front eventually pushing into the far north west
00:57but still some outbreaks of lighter rain and drizzle around for Scotland and Northern Ireland
01:01and the widely cloudy skies. A few clearer spells across England and Wales that will
01:06allow for a touch of patchy frost to develop during the forthcoming night, particularly
01:10eastern Wales down towards south eastern parts of England as well. Temperatures otherwise
01:15managing to hold up just around freezing, about 1-3 degrees celsius in some of our towns
01:20and cities. This cool theme will continue throughout the day in the more central and
01:25southern areas on Monday. There could be a few isolated mist and fog patches first thing
01:29as well that will take a little bit of time to eventually clear their way off. It should
01:33stay mostly dry here, meanwhile the rain in the north west will turn heavier for a time
01:37particularly around higher ground sites and we'll start to see it push into the far north
01:41west of England, also around Anglesey and north western Wales during the afternoon period
01:46as well. But this frontal system is going to act as a boundary line for our temperatures.
01:52Those strong but mild south westerly winds are going to start feeding in double digit
01:57temperatures right across the board for Scotland and Northern Ireland, even under the widely
02:01gusty conditions. Further towards the south and east it's still a little cooler, 5-7 degrees
02:07celsius here is closer towards average for the time of year. During Monday night and
02:12into Tuesday this frontal system is going to slowly weaken but also stall across more
02:18central areas of the UK. It's still going to provide that boundary line between our
02:23temperatures so as we start off on Tuesday morning again we've got a north to south contrast
02:28in things. Much milder across Scotland and Northern Ireland but maybe still a patchy
02:32frost in more rural areas across the far south of England. Again a few isolated mist and
02:37fog patches are possible here first thing on Tuesday just to watch out for. But with
02:42the rain now easing it's mainly going to be light and drizzly outbreaks across some
02:46hills so Airdrie, the Pennines, parts of the Lake District, also for the Highland District
02:51as well. The best chance of some sunshine on Tuesday at the moment is looking like for
02:55some far southern coastal areas and coastal districts of England. Also some eastern areas
03:02of Scotland should hopefully see some brighter and sunnier spells developing at times. Those
03:07temperatures then ranging from 8 to 12 degrees Celsius but not quite in the way you'd normally
03:12expect it with northern areas still seeing the most mildest of them. And that north to
03:18south topsy-turvy nature is going to continue right throughout the forthcoming week so do
03:23stay up to date with the forecast and we'll be able to provide more details on all of
03:27that and we'll see you again here later on. Bye bye.