This morning, a murky start especially for much of England, South Wales and Scotland, with low cloud and drizzle over hilly areas. A windy day is expected, with severe gales across western coasts Scotland. From the southwest through to southern Scotland will be an area of sunny spells today with some milder temperatures. Elsewhere under the cloudy will remain a touch colder. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 01/02/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Tom Morgan.
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00:00Good morning. It's somewhat of a north-west-south-east split in the weather as we go through this
00:04weekend. So, we've got high pressure dominating central parts of Europe and that is influencing
00:08the weather across the south and the east of the UK. But if you notice towards the north
00:12and the west, we've got these weather fronts moving in at times and that will bring generally
00:16a wetter and windier period of weather. And particularly by Monday, the ice bars do tighten
00:20together quite widely, so a windier day is in store.
00:23But back to this morning and it's a murky start across many eastern, central and southern
00:28parts of England especially, with some mist and low cloud over the hills. And across the
00:33north and the west, it's also quite cloudy as well. So, Northern Ireland, western parts
00:37of Scotland will see some outbreaks of rain at times. And here, it will be windy, especially
00:41so across the north-west of Scotland with some severe gales for the Outer Hebrides.
00:45But you'll notice there's also this corridor of much sunnier conditions stretching from
00:49northern England through Wales and into the south-west. So, once we lose any freezing
00:54fog patches first thing this morning, it will be a fine day for many with some sunny
00:57spells. It should also brighten up across the very far south-east of England as well,
01:02so some sunshine to come this afternoon here. In terms of our temperatures today, so very
01:06similar to average for the time of year, 6 or 7 degrees perhaps at best across these
01:12cloudier parts of central and eastern England. So, a little bit chilly where that cloud doesn't
01:16clear. But 9 or 10 out towards the west is relatively mild for the time of year.
01:21So, through this evening and overnight, that band of rain does start to push in further
01:25towards western parts of Scotland, so turning very wet and windy here. Some heavier bursts
01:29of rain also pushing through into Northern Ireland. Some outbreaks of rain ahead of that
01:33as well, but generally fairly light and patchy. And down across more southern and eastern
01:38parts of England, here it will stay dry. But that cloud will act like a blanket of cloud
01:42tonight. So, I think frost generally by the end of the night will be fairly limited and
01:46more confined towards the very far south-east of the UK, where we could see minus 2 or minus
01:523 in the countryside, but generally temperatures holding up several degrees above freezing.
01:56So, a wet and windy start to the day tomorrow, particularly across the north and the west.
02:02Outbreaks of rain at times persistent over the hills. But as we go through the course
02:05of tomorrow, that rain will become a bit more intermittent and generally light. So, some
02:09brightness developing for north-western parts of Scotland, some sunshine for Northern Ireland
02:13as well. And generally fairly dry here by the afternoon with the odd shower. But the
02:18best of the weather, the best of the sunshine on Sunday will be down across the south-east
02:22of the UK. So, East Anglia and the south-east seeing plenty of sunshine. And once again,
02:26temperatures ranging around average for the time of year. Most places 7, 8 or 9 degrees.
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02:37from me for now and I'll see you again very soon.