09 January - national forecast presented by Aidan McGivern
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00:00Hi there. For the vast majority, it's a cold but bright winter's day and it's going to
00:07be sunny for the vast majority as well. But it's going to continue to feel cold and there
00:13will continue to be some wintry showers, sleet and snow showers continuing to move into the
00:18north of Scotland. One or two peppering the coast of Northern Ireland, North and West
00:22Wales, North West England and the South West. These are the exceptions. For most though,
00:26you can see cloud-free skies but feeling cold. Temperatures of three or four Celsius
00:31typically in the south, zero to two Celsius further north below freezing where we've got
00:36snow cover and any modest elevation. And that means that under clear skies, as soon as the
00:42sun goes down, temperatures will plummet overnight. We'll also see some freezing fog patches form,
00:48particularly for Northern Ireland, parts of Wales into the Midlands for example. And temperatures
00:54well, fairly widely at minus three to minus five Celsius but where we've got snow cover,
01:01for example, Northern England, parts of Scotland, we could see minus 15, minus 16, minus 17.
01:06One exception, the far south-west where a band of rain will move in and that's going
01:11to lead to milder weather in Cornwall, parts of Devon as we begin Friday. But the rain
01:16falling onto frozen surfaces could cause some slippery surfaces and a few more flakes of
01:22snow likely above 150 metres. So Dartmoor, for example, three, four centimetres possible
01:28once again on Friday morning. But elsewhere, it would be rain and a risk of ice during
01:33the morning. That tends to fizzle out by the afternoon and other than some freezing fog
01:37patches persisting into the late morning, early afternoon period, for many it's another
01:42dry and bright day but it's going to feel cold out there. Temperatures in some places
01:46not rising above zero or one Celsius. And that leads us on to another very cold night
01:52on Friday night under this ridge of high pressure. That's going to lead to widespread frost and
01:58some icy patches once again going into the start of the weekend. Again, an exception
02:02there, the far west of the UK with a weather front bringing clouds, so a milder start but
02:07also eventually moving milder air in, first of all in the north and then later by the
02:13start of next week into the south as well.