the next 2a hours. it's a literal matter of life or death. you need to prepare for catastrophic impacts. this is going to be a serious storm, one that could forever change communities that are still recovering from helene. we've never had one like this. i've been here 38 years- and have never had one that forced us to do this. never being able to find fuel, this is the only. place that has fuel. this is going to be deadly for those, specifically those low—lying areas and into those beachfront communities. and for some of them, the truth is if they haven't evacuated already, it

could be too late. joining me tonight on the panel we will get to our panel shortly, but before we do that, let's get to the latest bbc news. president biden and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, have held a telephone conversation in which they're thought to have discussed israel's response to iran's missile attack last week. in israel today, two people were killed by his brother rockets in the northeastern town of kiryat shmona. the israeli military said it had struck more than 180 targets in lebanon; four people were killed near the southern city of sidon. robertjenrick and kemi badenoch are through to the final round of the conservative leadership race after knocking out james cleverly. the shock result, was met with gasps from some mps who had expected cleverly to get through to the last two. the party's members will now vote for their

preffered leader. ratan tata, the chairman of the sentience conglomerate, tata, has died aged eighty—six.he is credited with diversifying the company in the past 20 years. tata is one of the world's biggest group of companies with a revenue of 165 billion dollars in the last year. under his leadership, he acquired british brands like tetley tea, jaguar land rover and uk steel—maker corus, which was seen as saving the british steel industry. if you arejustjoining us welcome to the programme. the time to evacuate has passed. hurricane milton is bearing down on florida, the storm 5 outer bands already arriving on the gulf coast, those strong winds starting to push water on shore. we are expecting storm surge, in the next eight to ten hours of anything up to 15 feet. but where it comes ashore is the big question? the path it track can wobble as it comes ashore, anywhere from 20 miles in either direction and that can make a big difference.

because the worst effects of this, will be on that front bottom quadrant of the storm. the greatest threat from hurricane milton is by far the storm surge, so the amount of sea water pushed by the ferocious winds and lend out of ten lives are lost as a result of flooding. here's the storm earlier on as it peeked out at sea and although not as powerful across florida, still capable of producing devastation. the rain and the strong winds being felt across a large part of the state for many, many hours but the worst of the weather along that western coast of florida and the strong winds to the south, in some cases destructive winds pushing that sea water perhaps even many miles and it is a very low lying region. now, worst case, we could see that sea water ten to 15 feet high and these values will be

verified once the storm passes, so once it crosses central parts of florida, tornadoes are possible, flash flooding from the drenching rains, widespread power outages and then the storm will track out into the open atlantic. the forecasters say it will comes ashore with sustained winds of 130mph, almost perpendicular to the coast, so long stretches of that gulf coast will be affected. and then it continuing its path across west, central florida, towards miami fort lauderdale still a category one hurricane as is it heads out into the atlantic. one million people currently under an evacuation order. but there are some just outside the mandatory evacuation zone who are going to ride it out. yeah, wejust yeah, we just bought this house a couple of months ago. so it is rated for a category five hurricane and it came with storm shutters. those are up. we have everything inside prepared come outside prepared. we'rejust prepared come outside prepared. we're just really bunkering down and hoping for the best. you have a ground floor that might be at risk of flooding? yes, we actually only live in

single story home. my parents live across the street or move have a few other safe houses on our list in case flooding does happen, but we are almost positive that where we are there will not be flooding. fingers crossed. even before this hurricane comes ashore, the second in as many weeks, it is now apparent that the flood—risk maps which millions of americans have turned to before they buy homes, or set up businesses, are dramatically out of sync, in this new era of climate—intensified disasters. over 99% of the inland homes hit by the flash flooding caused by hurricane heleen, did not have public flood insurance. the fema flood maps, which pinpoint to the most hazardous areas where homeowners require insurance are often out of date — and they don tfocus on the danger of rain—caused flooding. let's turn to our panel. that's the terrifying thing for these people who are watching, waiting tonight. they know that

maybe they don't have the insurance to put their properties back together. good to be with you, _ properties back together. good to be with you, my _ properties back together. good to be with you, my friend. - to be with you, my friend. look, this is a terrifying moments in america right now for this region. i moments in america right now forthis region. i mean, hurricane helene was a fairly historic hurricane that much of georgia and florida and north carolina, south carolina are recovering from and then, wham, here comes milton, which may be the biggest, one of the biggest hurricanes to hit the western coast of florida in a century. this is a problem. it's a problem for the state of florida, it's a problem for the insurance industry in the state of florida. and there are a lot of florida. and there are a lot of people who come, boy, tell you what, come this weekend, going to have their lives and their homes destroyed and nowhere to turn to.- nowhere to turn to. this is where the _ nowhere to turn to. this is where the real— nowhere to turn to. this is where the real world - nowhere to turn to. this is where the real world costl nowhere to turn to. this is l where the real world cost of natural disasters comes face to face with politics. and those

politicians who try to ignore what is happening.- politicians who try to ignore what is happening. yes, and it comes face — what is happening. yes, and it comes face to _ what is happening. yes, and it comes face to face _ what is happening. yes, and it comes face to face with - comes face to face with conservative politicians like me who believe in a more limited federal government certainly need to understand that this is a role of the federal government and we have been fighting for so many years about taking away money for disaster relief, primarily the republican party, my party, has been doing it, and it is a lot of these republican representatives down in florida who will be the first ones complaining in a few days after they see the destruction. this is a particularly _ they see the destruction. this is a particularly important issue for scotland. we are talking about florida tonight, but when you look across the uk, the financial burden of tackling climate change does fall disproportionately on scotland. it's now 18% of the scottish government plasma capital budget. to put that into his perspective for you, that equates to just over £200

per person in scotland compared to just per person in scotland compared tojust under per person in scotland compared to just under £150 and the rest of the uk. that is a big amount towards resilience and adaptation. and that's not the county —— that's not accounting for storms like storm babbitt orany for storms like storm babbitt or any other natural disaster. absolutely. we do not see the storms of the kind of hurricane milton that people in the us will be hugely concerned about tonight, but it is notjust scotland, it's notjust the uk. this is a global challenge. extreme weather events are more frequent. they are more damaging than they used to be. we can spend money in the damaging than they used to be. we can spend money in the united kingdom, in europe, in united kingdom, in europe, in the us on flood defences or on the us on flood defences or on preparing our houses, preparing preparing our houses, preparing our infrastructure to withstand our infrastructure to withstand these events, you have other these events, you have other countries to wrestle with, countries these events, you have other countrie , , these events, you have other countrie— countries less well-off countries, _ countries less well-off countries, that - these events, you have other countrie , , these events, you have other countrie— countries less well-off countries, _ countries less well-off countries, that - countries less well-off countries, that if - countries less well-off countries, that if this | countries, that if this hurricane was a couple hundred countries less well-off countries, that if - countries less well-off countries, that if this | countries, that if this hurricane was a couple hundred miles_ hurricane was a couple hundred miles to — hurricane was a couple hundred miles to the south, it would be miles— hurricane was a couple hundred miles to — hurricane was a couple hundred miles to the south, it would be passing — miles to the south, it would be passing over the caribbean passing — miles to the south, it would be passing over the caribbean ionians_ passing over the caribbean ionians who do not have those ionians— passing over the caribbean ionians who do not have those same — ionians who do not have those same resources. this is the same — ionians who do not have those same resources. this is the question— same resources. this is the question that essentially all question— same resources. this is the question that essentially all

countries in the world now have countries in the world now have to wrestle — countries in the world now have to wrestle — countries in the world now have to wrestle with, which is what are we — to wrestle with, which is what are we going to do to withstand these _ are we going to do to withstand these threats to ourselves safe in the — these threats to ourselves safe in the future?— these threats to ourselves safe in the future? when you look at where this _ in the future? when you look at where this is _ in the future? when you look at where this is coming _ in the future? when you look at where this is coming ashore - where this is coming ashore tonight, the reality is that some years gone by, this area would have flooded and flooded quite dramatically, but we build houses on floodplains, we saw it in california. this is a low shelf out of tampa bay. if it comes ashore there, it goes in land a long way. so when you

where do people live? here in america, and florida, new orleans, so many of our 0rleans, so many of our low—lying areas disaster hits and we just continue to build, we build another home and then we build another home and then we build another home. at great cost. and we build these buildings. we are putting off having the very difficult conversations about continuing to build in certain areas like this while we are trying to do what we can to mitigate the effects of climate change, but thatis effects of climate change, but that is a conversation we have to have because the whole country is paying for people continuing to purposely live in these low—lying areas. continuing to purposely live in these low-lying areas.- continuing to purposely live in these low-lying areas. that's a conversation _ these low-lying areas. that's a conversation for _ these low-lying areas. that's a conversation for the _ these low-lying areas. that's a conversation for the federal. conversation for the federal government. it's also conversation for the insurance industry. we are going to talk insurance after this break. do stay with us. we will be right back.

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losses which were racked up from hurricane helene still being tallied. but earlier this week, accuweather estimated total losses from the damage could as high as $250 billion. most of those losses not covered by insurance, in fact maybe only five billion of that insured. which is pretty staggering. all of which exposes the rising cost of climate change, that we have discussed, and the holes in the home insurance coverage that many americans have leant in previous disasters. and that's all before milton makes land. let's speak to chuck nyse who is professor of risk management and insurance at florida state university. welcome to the programme. thank ou ve welcome to the programme. thank you very much- _ welcome to the programme. thank you very much- a — welcome to the programme. thank you very much. a pleasure - welcome to the programme. thank you very much. a pleasure to - welcome to the programme. thank you very much. a pleasure to be i you very much. a pleasure to be here. ~ ., , ., ., ., here. where are you in florida? i'm in tallahassee, _ here. where are you in florida? i'm in tallahassee, so - here. where are you in florida? i'm in tallahassee, so we - here. where are you in florida? i'm in tallahassee, so we were | i'm in tallahassee, so we were threatened by helene, but for personal reasons, we are not threatened by milton.- personal reasons, we are not threatened by milton. what do ou think threatened by milton. what do you think it — threatened by milton. what do you think it will— threatened by milton. what do you think it will cost _ threatened by milton. what do you think it will cost the - you think it will cost the insurance industry? early estimates _ insurance industry? early estimates based - insurance industry? early estimates based on - insurance industry? early i estimates based on models insurance industry? early - estimates based on models are coming in somewhere around the 40-50 to 60 coming in somewhere around the 40—50 to 60 billion dollar

range in short losses, quite substantial.— range in short losses, quite substantial. and that is 'ust in florida? i substantial. and that is 'ust in florida? just in i substantial. and that isjust in florida? just in florida. l in florida? just in florida. wow. what _ in florida? just in florida. wow. what happens, - in florida? just in florida. wow. what happens, if i in florida? just in florida. | wow. what happens, if you in florida? just in florida. - wow. what happens, if you are living in a house outside fema's flood zone areas and you don't have flood insurance if your house is washed away. what happens? it’s your house is washed away. what ha ens? v . your house is washed away. what hauens? v . , happens? it's an uninsured loss. happens? it's an uninsured loss so — happens? it's an uninsured loss. so our _ happens? it's an uninsured loss. so our homeowners l loss. so our homeowners policies do not cover flooding. it's one of the explicit exclusions, which is why we always suggest people carry flood insurance, even if you are not in a floodplain. however, as we heard earlier in the programme, during helene, we realise most people in the state of florida do not carry flood insurance, so these will be uninsured losses to most individuals.— be uninsured losses to most individuals. does the federal governments _ individuals. does the federal governments come - individuals. does the federal governments come in - individuals. does the federal governments come in at - individuals. does the federalj governments come in at that point to help out?— point to help out? there is some federal— point to help out? there is some federal government | some federal government programmes that help out after an event, but they are not grants, they are not free money. they tend to be lower interest loans that are available to consumers to help them rebuild. but it does not

as nearly as extensive coverage as nearly as extensive coverage as you get pre—loss when you do buy insurance policies that are available. i buy insurance policies that are available. . , buy insurance policies that are available. ., , , buy insurance policies that are available. , ., available. i was 'ust saying to joe inlays h available. i was 'ust saying to joe inlays when — available. i wasjust saying to joe inlays when you _ available. i wasjust saying to joe inlays when you compare | available. i wasjust saying to i joe inlays when you compare the fema flood maps to the flood map post helene, they don't tally. so what does that mean for insurance companies? if you can't rely on flood maps that the federal government is providing, due whole coastal areas become no go areas for insurance companies? because the private _ insurance companies? because the private insurance _ insurance companies? becausel the private insurance companies do not cover floods, the private insurance companies do not coverfloods, they the private insurance companies do not cover floods, they are not as concerned about those types of losses. what happens from a consumer perspective is when a loss occurs, the wind portion is covered by the private market, the flood portion covered by the federal government. so the private insurers are not as concerned about those flood maps. consumers should be extremely concerned about it. early models for something like milton are indicating that there will be flooding in areas that we probably have not seen

flooding in 50—70 years. i that we probably have not seen flooding in 50-70 years. i know we are talking _ flooding in 50-70 years. i know we are talking about _ flooding in 50-70 years. i know we are talking about it - flooding in 50-70 years. i know we are talking about it in - flooding in 50-70 years. i know we are talking about it in the i we are talking about it in the context of the united states, but this is the problem right across europe at the moment that there are people in marked flood areas who don't have insurance because they can't afford it. , ., afford it. yes, and across europe. _ afford it. yes, and across europe, across _ afford it. yes, and across europe, across the - afford it. yes, and across europe, across the us, i afford it. yes, and across. europe, across the us, we afford it. yes, and across - europe, across the us, we have to consider— europe, across the us, we have to consider that we continue to build _ to consider that we continue to build in — to consider that we continue to build in these areas. there are restrictions, there are responsibilities. you will continue to find this will get worse — continue to find this will get worse because there will be more — worse because there will be more extreme events that people who think— more extreme events that people who think they are in safe zones _ who think they are in safe zones find themselves in areas e>

to predict— very hard, i think these days to predict precisely where it will happen, but what we need to do. — will happen, but what we need to do, what we need our governments to do is look at a much — governments to do is look at a much better flood protection, floodplains and climate action to make — floodplains and climate action to make sure that we are mitigating the risks of this in the future. its mitigating the risks of this in the future.— mitigating the risks of this in the future. ~ , i. , the future. as you rightly say, this is where _ the future. as you rightly say, this is where congress - the future. as you rightly say, this is where congress has - the future. as you rightly say, this is where congress has to | this is where congress has to step up, because presumably the lack of coverage in these areas which chuck has just talked about in the very crudest terms means that this will be a manageable loss event for the industry because they haven't paid out. people aren't paying premiums. so they will not be paying for everybody but that means there will be a lot of people who are homeless and it's going to put an awful lot of pressure on the emergency management services. it’s management services. it's emblematic _ management services. it's emblematic of _ management services. it's emblematic of our - management services. it�*s emblematic of our broken political system right now. this is a major problem that we have been putting off for a long time and now politically in washington, we are so damn divided that the thought of the two sides coming together to

address an issue like this is unimaginable. we are paralysed right now. let's not forget that these two hurricanes are hitting with a month to go in a presidential campaign and not to get too political, but we have one candidate out there running around, i mean, just repeatedly lying about what the government is and isn't doing, which is enhancing the divide when it comes to working on issues like this. it's a very scary situation right now. chuck, got of you to join us this evening to explain some of that to us. it's a really important issue and notjust for the united states. good to help you with us. we are in the political season. in fact, i can see donald trump, standing up in scranton at the moment where he has been talking about hurricane milton and hurricane helene, not even and hurricane helene, not even a yet and already point scoring is under way. that said,

playing politics with natural disasters is nothing new. but perhaps not to this level. here's former president donald trump on truth social here's the vice president harris responding on the late show with stephen colbert. what upsets me so is the idea that any politician would play political games with these folks, with people who are in the midst of such suffering, loss of life, loss of their homes, loss of normalcy, and for the sake of political gain, tell these lies in a way that is meant to make people distrust the help that is there for them to receive. and it's crude! have you no empathy, man? no, forthe crude! have you no empathy, man? no, for the suffering of other people. have you no sense

of purpose? if you purport to be a leader to understand that being a leader means lifting people up in a time of need. difficult to know, liz, what people make of this. in the european sense, you know, you get the politicians who go to disaster zones, they want to get there early, they want to politicise it, there is caring, there is empathy. i wonder if sometimes politicising these disasters can actually backfire. it disasters can actually backfire. , backfire. it absolutely can. there is — backfire. it absolutely can. there is a _ backfire. it absolutely can. there is a need _ backfire. it absolutely can. there is a need and - backfire. it absolutely can. there is a need and desire | backfire. it absolutely can. - there is a need and desire from politicians to show that they are acting. and people look for that. people in florida right now will be looking particularly to local leaders for advice and guidance on what they should be doing. that's what should happen. politicians can run to a disaster seem to early. the most important thing is that they focus actually on the response that people need. what are the problems? one of the services people need? one

of the resources people need? you can show up later to be empathetic, to share your concerns and condolences with people, i don't think it will surprise anybody that donald trump has kind of responded to this in the way that he has or the fact that, let harris responded to him in that way, that it missed information that is increasingly common in the political debates, obviously transfers itself even when you have a natural disaster on your shores. —— kamala harris. but it has to be hope that people put their trust more in their local leaders and those that may be republican, perhaps like joe, but not to trump fans, can provide a check on some of this dialogue that's going on. filth. dialogue that's going on. oh, joe does- _ dialogue that's going on. oh, joe does- i— dialogue that's going on. oh, joe does. i know _ dialogue that's going on. oh, joe does. i know that - dialogue that's going on. oh, joe does. i know thatjoe does. and i so appreciate what liz just— and i so appreciate what liz just said~ _ and i so appreciate what liz just said. this goes so far beyond _ just said. this goes so far beyond playing politics with a natural — beyond playing politics with a natural disaster. i get that. i'm natural disaster. i get that. i'm a — natural disaster. i get that. i'm a former politician. i get

that — i'm a former politician. i get that. donald trump is openly tying — that. donald trump is openly lying about this hurricane to the point _ lying about this hurricane to the point where fema, the federai— the point where fema, the federal emergency management agency, — federal emergency management agency, the government agency responsible for dealing with natural— responsible for dealing with natural disasters has had to put out _ natural disasters has had to put out on their website. we have got _ put out on their website. we have got that, _ put out on their website. - have got that, actually, can we show people that? this is basically a web page they created, like you say, where they are literally going through rumour by rumour trying to debunk it. to through rumour by rumour trying to debunk it.— to debunk it. to the point where i — to debunk it. to the point where i think— to debunk it. to the point where i think they - to debunk it. to the point where i think they say - to debunk it. to the point. where i think they say they said — where i think they say they said on— where i think they say they said on the website, "we cannot controi— said on the website, "we cannot control the — said on the website, "we cannot control the weather." i mean, i'm control the weather." i mean, in having _ control the weather." i mean, i'm having people who have been telling _ i'm having people who have been telling me the last couple of days — telling me the last couple of days that this is a government piot~ _ days that this is a government lot. �* , ., days that this is a government lot, �* l, 4' ., days that this is a government lot. �* ~' ., , days that this is a government lot. ~' ., , ., days that this is a government lot. �* ~' ., , ., plot. but you know why that is? let me show — plot. but you know why that is? let me show you _ plot. but you know why that is? let me show you marjorie - plot. but you know why that is? | let me show you marjorie taylor green's tweed. she is pushing this idea that somehow the federal government �*s steering hurricanes onto a path that does the most destruction to

red america. i mean, i'm not sure, joe, i have ever had a member of congress say something so disassociated with reality. something so disassociated with reali . ., reality. no! right! i never have either. _ reality. no! right! i never have either. but - reality. no! right! i never. have either. but remember reality. no! right! i never- have either. but remember we are living — have either. but remember we are living for years removed from, _ are living for years removed from, still, 80% of republicans in this— from, still, 80% of republicans in this country do not believe donald — in this country do not believe donald trump lost the 2020 election. so we are there. look, _ election. so we are there. look, everything trump does is to so— look, everything trump does is to so distrust in government. he's— to so distrust in government. he's done _ to so distrust in government. he's done it with our elections, he's done it with our— elections, he's done it with ourjustice department, right? our justice department, right? and ourjustice department, right? and now— ourjustice department, right? and now he's doing it with disaster— and now he's doing it with disaster relief. . he and now he's doing it with disaster relief. ._ disaster relief. . he has royally _ disaster relief. . he has royally enabled - disaster relief. . he has royally enabled by - disaster relief. . he has| royally enabled by some disaster relief. . he has - royally enabled by some very big figures on social media, elon musk is obviously heavily involved in it, amplifying it. have we got the map from matt wallace? this guys a crypto influencer. he has 2.1 million

followers. he's gone out and designed the map himself. he's designed the map himself. he's designed it he says it's taken me ages to do it, this is the path of helene, corresponding to how these districts vote. this is unbelievable stuff. i this is unbelievable stuff. i think what's happening, events have led to people losing their trust in politics. once people have begun to fall down a conspiracy hole, it's easy for them to believe the next conspiracy on the one after that and the one after that. whatever information organisation like fema puts out, people kind of look at that and go, well, they would say that. and user to reinforce their prejudice and reinforce their prejudice and reinforce the bias and the disinformation that they are being fed. unfortunately, the only thing it feels like you can do it is, you know, respectable responsible voices push even harder to get the right information out there. i think, you know, the idea that a hurricane has a political path, it feels particularly

ridiculous. people should be laughing about not believing it and you've got to hope that the vast majority of people have the common sense to think that that's just ridiculous. asjoe says, we've seen some particular events in america over recent years that make you realise there are good people that believe this, it's not necessarily their fault they believe this and have been fed this diet of information, but most importantly, it doesn't matter if they believe it or not as long as they leave, evacuate, if they are in those areas. i evacuate, if they are in those areas. . , evacuate, if they are in those areas. ., , ., ., areas. i was going to say because _ areas. i was going to say because of _ areas. i was going to say because of donald - areas. i was going to say. because of donald trump, areas. i was going to say - because of donald trump, that train _ because of donald trump, that train ieft — because of donald trump, that train left the station. i because of donald trump, that train left the station.— train left the station. i want to ask you _ train left the station. i want to ask you about, _ train left the station. i want to ask you about, we - train left the station. i want to ask you about, we talk . train left the station. i want - to ask you about, we talk about the october surprise, right? speakerjohnson was asked yesterday what worried him about the hurricane season, he said we mailed out 40,000 absentee ballots in north carolina and only 1000 have been returned before the storm. so did some get washed away? with those people even know that they had an opportunity to do it again? that could be an issue, couldn't it?— issue, couldn't it? yes, it will be — issue, couldn't it? yes, it will be an _ issue, couldn't it? yes, it will be an issue. -

issue, couldn't it? yes, it will be an issue. and - issue, couldn't it? yes, it will be an issue. and it'sl issue, couldn't it? yes, it| will be an issue. and it's a serious _ will be an issue. and it's a serious issue. the hope and the belief— serious issue. the hope and the belief is— serious issue. the hope and the belief is that the government 's, the — belief is that the government 's, the states impacted by this hurricane _ 's, the states impacted by this hurricane will come as they did during — hurricane will come as they did during covid do all they can to make — during covid do all they can to make sure _ during covid do all they can to make sure everyone has the ability— make sure everyone has the ability to— make sure everyone has the ability to vote. but let's remember where ability to vote. but let's rememberwhere we are. ability to vote. but let's remember where we are. if donald _ remember where we are. if donald trump loses, he will never — donald trump loses, he will never accept the result, so it will he — never accept the result, so it will be rigged, it was stolen, and — will be rigged, it was stolen, and this— will be rigged, it was stolen, and this hurricane, these hurricanes are just going to feed — hurricanes are just going to feed into— hurricanes are just going to feed into that narrative if he loses — feed into that narrative if he loses. ~ . ., ., loses. we will continue our conversation _ loses. we will continue our conversation on _ loses. we will continue our conversation on the - loses. we will continue our conversation on the other. loses. we will continue our. conversation on the other side of the break. do stay with us, we will talk about events in europe today which have gotten a little bit spicy. stay with us for that. hello there. there's been a lot of cloud and some rain around again today, but over the next couple of days, things are going

to look and feel a bit different because it will be turning drier, but it's also getting colder. and we started to see that colder air arriving across northern areas as a northerly wind is picking up, and that northerly wind is going to blow down across the whole of the country and push this rain and drizzle southwards overnight. following that, there will be a few showers — they could be wintry over the tops of the scottish mountains. but with the clearer skies in scotland, we're more likely to have a frost. could be —2 or —3. further south, where there's more cloud, temperatures are going to be held a bit higher, and that cloud still producing some rainfirst thing. that'll move away, and then we're all in the same boat for tomorrow — sunny spells, many places dry. a few showers coming in anywhere exposed to that north to north—westerly wind, which will again be strongest around those north sea coasts. and here, it will feel particularly cold out there. temperatures maybe not changing too much in scotland and northern ireland, but for southern parts of england and wales, it's going to be much cooler than it's been so far this week. and that colder air is in place

again as we head into friday. we lose the northerly wind. we pick up a westerly wind, actually, which will bring cloud and some showery rain into scotland, northern ireland. england and wales, it's looking generally dry. the winds will be lighter here. could be a touch of frost, though, early on across england and wales. and with that cold air still in place, temperatures aren't changing too much — typically 11 or 12 degrees. so a chilly end to the week, and it's going to be quite cool, i think, into the weekend as well. this area of low pressure is going to continue to bring some rain into scotland, but we could see this rain pushing into northern ireland as well and eventually northern parts of england. to the south, there may be a bit of sunshine, but there could be some showers too. and following on from that rain, there could be a few wintry showers in northern scotland as that northerly wind briefly returns. so, cold again for northern scotland — 7 or 8 degrees here. further south, well, we could reach 13 or 14 degrees. that wetter weather will slide away, and in turn, we're going to find a ridge of high

pressure building in for the second half of the weekend. that's really settling things down. it will be a chilly start again. the winds are going to be light on sunday. there should be quite a bit of sunshine around. it's going to be a dry day. a bit of mist and fog possible across some western areas early in the morning. those temperatures not changing a great deal — again, typically a cool 11 or 12.

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