12 March - national forecast presented by Tom Morgan
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00:00Hi there. The chilly theme will continue over the next few days with a mixture of sunshine
00:04and showers. So, scenes like these will be expected. Shower clouds one moment and then
00:08brief sunny interludes the next.
00:10It's a cold start out there this morning. Some patchy frost and ice, particularly across
00:13the north and the west of the UK. But fairly frequent showers moving down across northern
00:18eastern parts of Scotland, northeastern parts of England as well. These heavier places and
00:22wintry over the higher ground. Isolated showers developing elsewhere across Wales and southern
00:26counties of England. With the driest and sunniest conditions today, perhaps across
00:30western parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
00:33Despite the temperature on the thermometer reading 7, 8 or perhaps 9 degrees today. It
00:38is a little bit below average for the time of year. And when you factor in the wind chill,
00:42which will be fairly brisk on these northern and eastern coasts in particular. It will
00:46feel more like 3 to 5 degrees. So quite a cold feeling day out there, particularly where
00:51you are exposed to that northerly breeze and feeling sub-zero in the far north of
00:55Scotland.
00:56So, a cold evening to come tonight. Those temperatures plummeting as the sun goes down.
01:01Showers for a time this evening, but generally tending to fade away inland as we go through
01:05the overnight hours. Persisting though for many northern and eastern coasts through the
01:10course of tonight. And still falling as a mixture of sleet and snow across the highest
01:14ground. So, we could see some patchy ice on the highest routes, perhaps across Scotland
01:18and Northern England, across the Pennines. A slight covering of snow, perhaps above about
01:22400 metres.
01:24The clearest and driest conditions across Northern Ireland, western parts of Scotland,
01:28Wales and Western England. And it's here where we like to see the lowest temperatures tonight.
01:31So, there will be a frost in the countryside and temperatures may fall as low as minus
01:364 or minus 5 across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland in particular. Probably just
01:40about holding up above freezing for most towns and cities further east, particularly on those
01:45coastal regions where the breeze will keep temperatures a little bit higher.
01:49But nonetheless, tomorrow morning will be starting cold for most of us. There will be
01:53some frost and perhaps some patchy ice in places too. Quite a lot of cloud across more
01:57eastern parts of the UK. Still a fair number of showers moving through on that northerly
02:02flow. And again, a mixture of hail and sleet perhaps down to lower levels and some snow
02:07over the higher ground.
02:09But further north and west, generally a bit of a drier day to come. Yes, there will be
02:12quite a lot of cloud, but still some brief sunny interludes in between those showers.
02:17And the wind won't be quite as brisk tomorrow as it will be today. So, it won't feel quite
02:22as cold as it will do today. Temperatures still, though, a little bit below par for
02:26the time of year. Highs of between 6 and 9 degrees for most of us.
02:30So, as we go through the next few days, this area of high pressure that's currently sticking
02:34out towards the west of the UK will start to drift its way slowly south and east across
02:40the UK. There's ice bars spacing out apart, so the winds will start to ease down and we
02:44will see plenty of dry and settled weather by the time we get to the weekend. Plenty
02:47of sunshine, but widespread overnight frosts, but generally a lot of dry weather through
02:52the weekend ahead.
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02:58weather that's on the way. And I'll see you again very soon.