23 January - national forecast presented by 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 it is, particularly towards the north. They're around or a little bit
02:44below average for the time of year. Now, as we go through the evening and overnight, we
02:48will continue to see some heavy rain, sleet, snow and very strong winds still across parts
02:54of Scotland. 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.