to thursday morning. there should be some early morning sunshine as well. it will, however, quickly cloud over from the west and eventually, we ll see more wet and windy weather pushing into northern ireland and western scotland in particular. there will be some showers ahead of that main band of rain as well. temperatures are likely to peak between 9 13 degrees, so still pretty mild for early on injanuary. now, as we move through thursday into friday, on the southern flank of this low, we are going to see some gale force gusts of winds, perhaps severe gales for a time. the rain is pushing through at quite a pace, but it does mean during the early hours of friday morning, it s wet and windy, particularly along that southern flank of the low. the rain eases away from the southeast first thing. so, on the whole, friday will start off relatively quiet. on the cool side in scotland with low single figures here, 8 9 degrees down to the south. friday on the whole should be drier, sunnier and
morning sunshine as well. it will, however, quickly cloud over from the west and eventually we will see more wet and windy weather pushing into northern ireland and western scotland in particular. there will be some showers ahead of that main band of rain as well. temperatures unlikely to peak between 9 13 celsius, so, still pretty mild for early on injanuary. now, as we move through thursday into friday, on the southern flank of this low, we are going to see some gale force gusts of wind, perhaps severe gales for a time. the rain is pushing through at quite a pace, but it does mean that during the early hours of friday morning, wet and windy, particularly along that southern flank of the low. the rain eases away from the southeast first thing. so, on the whole, friday will start off relatively quiet. on the cool side in scotland with low single figures here, 8 9 celsius down to the south. friday on the whole should be drier, sunnier and probably the best day of the week. so, i hope yo
flooding saturated ground, they could be flooding. even as that is of the flooding. even as that is of the way flooding. even as that is of the way it will be replaced by further the way it will be replaced by further showers later in the day further showers later in the day will further showers later in the day. will start the day was ours day. will start the day was ours in day. will start the day was ours in the west. they will be training ours in the west. they will be training way is with an increasing amount of sunshine between increasing amount of sunshine between the showers into the afternoon. not a bad afternoon across afternoon. not a bad afternoon across central and western scotland in particular. temperatures saturday, 10 14 or 15 degrees temperatures saturday, 10 14 or 15 degrees can. a strengthening went 15 degrees can. a strengthening went particular it was these others went particular it was these others which could be golfing to gale others w
with showers in the west. they will be trending away eastward, but increasing amounts of sunshine between those showers into the afternoon. and not a bad afternoon across central and western scotland in particular. temperatures saturday, 10 14 or 15 degrees. a strengthening wind, though, particularly towards the southwest, which could be gusting towards gale force as we finish the day. those winds continue to strengthen across other western areas as we go through into sunday night. and with low pressure pushing closer and closer towards the north west of scotland, the showers will continue to feed in across many areas. but one thing, though, those winds coming in from the south westerly direction means it will be a particularly chilly start to the new week, but monday will certainly be a fairly cloudy day with further outbreaks of rain.
in place for the start of the new year and that australian open in particular. she says she s in no rush. it s important to get the right person. jeremy bates, the former british number one and a coach of katie and also british national is helping her out here in the desert. that s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. hello there. it was a quieter story on wednesday with some decent spells of sunshine coming through. largely fine and dry for many through the course of the day on thursday, but this weather front introducing some cloud and rain. more importantly, it s changing the wind direction to a south westerly, and that is going to drive up some pretty warm air across the country. it will be a cloudy start for many on thursday, the cloud thick enough for a spot or two of drizzle. some nuisance rain into northern ireland and western scotland in particular, but where the cloud breaks up,