Cloudy conditions continue this evening, with clearer spells expected across parts of Scotland and southern regions of the country. Drizzly showers will also continue into the morning across northwestern parts of Scotland as well as northern and central parts of England. Dense fog patches for some. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 20/01/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00Hi there. Some low cloud persisting overnight, but where we do see clear spells, there'll
00:07also be dense fog patches, so a gloomy start in places by Tuesday morning. Most likely
00:12areas for clear spells, southern parts of England through the Midlands, East Wales.
00:17So here, temperatures have fallen away, a few dense fog patches. Scotland and Northern
00:22Ireland, clear spells I think will come and go because we've got areas of showers moving
00:25through. Nevertheless, where we do see some prolonged clear spells, a touch of frost,
00:30perhaps some ice and fog patches about first thing. But through this central swathe, well,
00:37it's a milder start because we've got a lot of low cloud courtesy of a stalled weather
00:41front bisecting the country. North Wales, parts of Northern England, continuing to see
00:46drizzly rain, most persistent across North Wales. Now, for Scotland and Northern Ireland,
00:52turns out to be a day of sunny spells and showers, the most frequent showers affecting
00:56the Western Isles and Shetland as well as Orkney. But further south, a lot of low cloud,
01:02whether you've got the foggy start or the grey start, it's going to be a fairly gloomy
01:08day. Limited bright spells, but there could be one or two as the cloud thins occasionally.
01:13The front across central parts, well, that tends to very slowly move south-eastwards.
01:19As it does, we can expect an increase in the damp weather across southern parts of
01:23England into the Midlands overnight. Further north, clear spells finally breaking through
01:28for North Wales. Northern England, a colder start to Wednesday here compared with Tuesday.
01:32Touch of frost in places. One or two showers just lurking around Irish Sea coasts and more
01:37especially Western and Northern Scotland seeing those showers continuing to feed in as well
01:42as the north coast of Northern Ireland. Wednesday, though, we'll see mixed conditions across
01:47the UK. A lot of cloud through the Midlands, East Anglia and the south with outbreaks of
01:52rain slowly trundling south-eastwards. Further north and west, skies are brightening, some
01:58sunshine coming through. One or two showers, relatively quiet day, 4 to 7 degrees for most.
02:05Into Thursday, well, the Atlantic starts to get its act together and that's because of
02:11this that's occurring at the time of recording. You may have seen the consequences of this
02:16cold spell across North America on the news and it is an exceptionally cold spell across
02:23Canada and the US. It's coming into central and eastern parts of North America but it
02:28will also have important consequences on the UK's weather and that's because as it comes
02:33south during Tuesday, it mixes with the much warmer air to the south and that fires up
02:39a very powerful jet stream, 250 miles an hour. That's going to flow across the Atlantic and
02:45it's going to, as is often the case, deepen these areas of low pressure and send them
02:50our way. The first ones to turn up sends the first band of rain through on Thursday followed
02:55by further wet and windy weather on Friday. In fact, look at the tightness of those isobars.
03:01It could cause some serious impacts in places and that's why we at the Met Office are keeping
03:06a close eye on this system. We have already issued a yellow warning for the risk of impacts
03:11most possible across Western Scotland and Northern Ireland. So, of course, we'll keep
03:16you updated on all of that and you can follow those updates on our YouTube channel. Bye-bye.