united states, and to be treated with respect- united states, and to be treated with resect. ., , ., ~ ,, with respect. professor, thank you very much- with respect. professor, thank you very much. thank you. in the united states, forecasters are predicting more extreme weather, with cold weather warnings in place for parts of kansas. however, just a few hundred miles away in tenneessee, there could be a 30 celsius difference in the temperature. chris fawkes from the bbc weather centre has been looking at the unusual cold front forecast for the american midwest. new year s day will bring some severe weather to the united states, as extreme cold air hits extreme mild air. in the south, the temperature contrasts are enormous. in wichita, temperatures through saturday afternoon will be around 14 for a time whereas on the warm side of the front, +21 in memphis. the difference is 35 celsius. those enormous temperature contrasts will be powering a nasty area of low pressure, bringin
from a friend of the podcast, matt taylor, you re not in the bbc weather centre, where are you? no, i am actually- at home in my garden. it is delightfully calm, - the calm before the storm. that is a commitment to duty, doing this from your back garden. i would love to do newsnight for my garden, ideally, as a committed gardener, i think that will keep the ratings up. if there is some policy to edit in your back garden, you could start a trend. matt, talk us through what we can expect over the next 2a or 48 hours and i know the first thing that is probably the most worrying is that this part of the country has a red warning. yes, it is concerning and it is going to be much worse - than we saw with storm dudley. storm eunice has been. developing and it is going through a process which we call explosive psychlogenesis, - it is a weather bomb, - strengthening quite rapidly over a short space of time and it is approaching us, i but the biggest concern - is the red weather warning. that ha
and i was grant shapps. ok, in a moment, we are but to be catching up with all the weather at the bbc weather centre, and that is coming to us from tomasz schafernaker. the weather has been quite mixed across the country today. certainly rain around, but sunshine too full of the rain is clearing from the north sea. the skies are clearing. the winds are light. and it promises to be a pretty chilly. now, in towns and cities, we re talking around 2 3 degrees above freezing. outside of town, freezing or below. now, a weather front is approaching the north west of the uk, so a little bit milder there in stornoway, four degrees. but that spell cloud and rain from morning onwards, and we anticipate the rain to very slowly move eastwards through the morning and into the afternoon. so, probably by lunchtime, onlyjust about engulfing the whole of western scotland and also part
tally band. and we will hear about the largest study of its kind that is from that facemasks to reduce the spread of covid 19. we will speak to one of the researchers. storm either is because the loss of at least 15 laws and cause huge damage in its wake. in the southern end louisiana and particularly all the way to cities in the northeast coast such as new york, newjersey and connecticut have also declared state of emergency. storm ida isn t done yet unfortunately as nick weather at the bbc weather centre explain. weather at the bbc weather centre ex - lain. ., , weather at the bbc weather centre exlain. ., , ., , weather at the bbc weather centre exlain. . , . , , , explain. heavy rain is sweeping across new explain. heavy rain is sweeping across new england explain. heavy rain is sweeping across new england onto i explain. heavy rain is sweeping across new england onto an i explain. heavy rain is sweeping i across new england onto an eastern canada with the canadian weather sour
and a total 78.4% of the population have now received both doses of a coronavirus vaccine. a shortage of blood tubes means gps are having to make difficult choices about who gets blood tests, the british medical association has warned. the bma said shortages across hospitals and gp surgeries were severe and if the nhs did not reduce usage in the coming days even the most clinically important blood tests may be at risk. the department of health said it is working to restore normal supply and there continues to be stock in place. tens of thousands of people are fleeing for safety from the us state of louisiana as a powerful hurricane gets closer. hurricane ida is expected on make landfall this evening with winds expected to top 130 miles per hour. a little earlier i spoke to darren bett from the bbc weather centre and i began by asking him how far away the hurricane was