19 January - National weather forecast presented by Jonathan Vautrey
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00:00Hello there, a very good evening to you. Hope you've had a lovely weekend, though do count
00:05yourself lucky if you have seen any sunshine. Most of us have instead been plagued by quite
00:09grey and gloomy skies. This cloudy theme is set to continue over the next few days and
00:16that of course includes the forthcoming night. There will be some outbreaks of drizzle and
00:20light rain around, particularly for Northern Ireland and western areas of Scotland. Eastern
00:24Scotland will probably hold on to the clearest skies overnight, but we could see that cloud
00:28breaking across other areas of England and Wales as well. Where that cloud does break,
00:33certainly temperatures will drop off. Some patchy frost will be around in rural areas
00:37particularly, but even if you hold on to the cloud, for most of us there will be a chill
00:41in the air first thing on Monday morning. There may also be some isolated areas of fog
00:47and mist around first thing, so it could be a bit murky to start off the new week, particularly
00:52across areas of Northern Ireland as you're heading back to work. But here in the north-west
00:56we'll see some clearer and sunnier spells developing during the day as this band of
01:00rain pushes more into northern areas of England. For most of England and Wales it is certainly
01:05going to be quite a cloudy day, and with the lack of sunshine again, it's going to feel
01:08quite chilly in places. Four or five degrees Celsius is your top temperatures, going towards
01:13the north-west we'll be pushing towards eight or nine degrees Celsius. On Tuesday we are
01:19going to see an area of low pressure just push its way slightly closer to the north-west
01:23of the UK, and this occluded front here is going to help to start to pep up some showers
01:27and that will be pushing further inland across western areas of Scotland. A few of those
01:32will be on the sharp side, some hail, maybe the odd rumble of thunder in there as well.
01:36We'll still have this lingering band of rain across northern England into northern Wales
01:40as well, but hopefully elsewhere we will start to see a few more breaks in that cloud on
01:44Tuesday compared to Monday. A bit more brightness, a bit more sunshine trying to poke its way
01:48through at times. Temperatures though are still struggling a little bit for the time
01:53of year, generally ranging between five and seven degrees Celsius. To understand the weather
01:59that will be coming to us during the latter stages of this next week though, we have to
02:03transition to the other side of the Atlantic. We're currently seeing a marked cold wave
02:08across areas of the United States with cold plunge coming in from the Arctic. Where there's
02:14contrast with the mild air in the south that is helping to fuel a very powerful jet stream
02:20in the Atlantic. We could see that reaching speeds of over 200 miles per hour, this fast
02:25ribbon of air high up in the atmosphere. What this is going to do though is pick up an area
02:32of low pressure in the Atlantic and start to very rapidly deepen it, particularly once
02:37it moves onto the left hand side of the jet stream. You can see here by Thursday a lot
02:41of ice bars around this area of low pressure indicating it is a very deep feature. That
02:47will continue its journey towards the UK as we move into Friday and the weekend, bringing
02:52potential for some very strong winds, heavy rain and snowfall around at times as well.
02:57So there is the potential certainly for some disruption as we head towards the end of this
03:02week and it is worth staying up to date with the forecast for the full details. We'll provide
03:06plenty more of that on the YouTube channel, across social media as well. Otherwise, we'll
03:10see you again here later on. Bye bye.