Storm Eowyn continuing to bring damaging winds and disruption across Northern Ireland and Scotland in particular where Red warnings are in place along with wider Amber and yellow warnings. Rain across northern Scotland, with significant snow over higher ground. Drier and brighter but still windy further south. Temperatures close to or a little below average for the time of year - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 24/01/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00Storm Eowyn is here. It's already brought some strong damaging winds and will continue
00:04to do so, especially across parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland as we go through the
00:09rest of today and into tomorrow. But let's look at some of the figures. And in the Republic
00:14of Ireland, they've provisionally recorded their strongest gust on record with 114 miles
00:20per hour earlier on today. Meanwhile, in Wales and Northern Ireland, we've had gusts in excess
00:25of 90 miles per hour, and that's because it's a really deep area of low pressure. Fortunately,
00:30it did start to fill a little bit before it reached the UK. But nonetheless, in Northern
00:34Ireland, we recorded a pressure of 949 hectopascals, which is a new January record and the deepest
00:41or the lowest pressure recorded in Northern Ireland since at least 1900. But if we look
00:46at the satellite imagery and you can really see the feature that is Storm Eowyn, there
00:50was a sting jet in association with this, which is why we're seeing these really intense,
00:55strong, damaging winds. The whole feature is pushing its way northeastwards. This is
01:00what happened earlier on today. We can see we had some heavy rain, some strong winds
01:03across most parts of the UK. For many areas towards the south, a lot of the worst of the
01:08weather is kind of clearing away. But towards the north here, we do still have some very
01:12unsettled weather because of how close we are to this deep area of low pressure. It's
01:17the winds that are causing the greatest concern and they're going to be strongest on the southern
01:22edge of this system as it pushes its way towards the northeast. The winds will also be changing
01:27direction as the low moves away. But we are going to see very strong winds through today,
01:32storm force winds through today and into tomorrow as well, pushing away towards the northeast.
01:37So most places seeing lighter winds coming in from the south as we go through tomorrow.
01:42But with that in mind, you're probably aware we do have a couple of red wind warnings out
01:47because there is going to be some very strong winds, damaging winds, which could bring some
01:52major problems or already bringing some major problems. Across Northern Ireland, it's through
01:56the next couple of hours. So the first couple of hours of the afternoon where we're seeing
01:59the strongest winds. Meanwhile, across southern Scotland, it's going to last for a little
02:03bit longer as we go deeper into the afternoon towards the evening with the potential for
02:07gusts reaching 100 miles per hour in some places. There are also yellow and amber warnings
02:13across the whole of the UK for a variety of things, mainly wind, but also some significant
02:17snow above 300, 400 metres. We're likely to see some snow over parts of Scotland. So add
02:23that to the strong winds and the heavy rain. But like I said elsewhere, although we had
02:27a spell of very unsettled weather pushing through overnight, it's actually a drier,
02:32brighter picture across many places, albeit still windy, but not as windy as it will be
02:37further north. A quick look at our temperatures and well, they're relatively academic because
02:41of how windy is particularly towards the north. They're around or a little bit below
02:44average for the time of year. Now, as we go through the evening and overnight, we will
02:48continue to see some heavy rain, sleet, snow and very strong winds still across parts of
02:54Scotland. But as I showed, the whole system pushing away towards the northeast behind
02:58it, we do have fairly frequent showers coming in and these will be a bit wintry at times.
03:03So some further sleet or snow, there could be some hail, could be some thunder mixed
03:06in with them as well. But further south across many central southern parts, apart from in
03:11the southeast where there's a bit of rain at times coming through for many, it's going
03:14to be largely dry and with clear skies, we could see temperatures dropping. So a bit
03:18of an ice risk or snow and ice towards the north, ice risk across other areas and there
03:22will be a bit of frost first thing on Saturday morning. Otherwise, through Saturday and well
03:27across parts of Scotland, still plenty of showers, still the risk of some thunder, some
03:31hail, maybe a bit of sleet or snow over the higher ground mixed in with these. Still some
03:35very strong winds to watch out for, but the winds gradually easing as air wind clears
03:39away towards the northeast. And then otherwise, a fair deal of fine weather, a calmer day
03:44for many of us, but something's starting to push its way into the west as we go through
03:49later on. A quick look at temperatures again and well, they're still similar to today really.
03:54Lighter winds though, so feeling a bit more pleasant, especially with some decent sunshine.
03:58But there is some more unsettled weather to come. Like I said, there's a system coming
04:01out or coming in from the west. That is going to bring some rain, perhaps even some hill
04:06sleet and snow for a time as it makes its way from west to east as we go through Saturday
04:10evening and overnight into Sunday. That clears away. It's another feature that's coming in
04:15that's another cause for concern with a deepish area of low pressure likely to bring some
04:21very unsettled weather, heavy rain, strong winds, particularly towards parts of the south
04:24and west. Doesn't look like it will be as impactful a storm air wind, but because it's
04:29coming so quickly after the very unsettled weather we're having at the moment, it could
04:33nonetheless cause some major impact. So it's definitely worth keeping up to date with that.
04:37Now, our warnings are constantly being updated. Make sure you stay on top of them by checking
04:42out our website and our app. Otherwise, we'll see you soon. Bye bye.