get more details on the storm now and head to the bbc weather centre and speak to meteorologist,chris fawkest's the cause of this latest storm? storm ciaran on the satellite pictures this area of cloud. i have overlaid the jet stream on this area of cloud and you can see it blow pretty quickly. they are blowing at around 200 mph which is causing the rapidly developing storm system to emerge. this is what storm ciaran is, the result of the jet stream caused by powerful temperature contrast we have this time of year across the northern hemisphere and the polar region starting to get cold and remnants of heat from the summer in the south. certain parts of the uk are preparing for the worst — is it going to be bad everywhere? it is not. one of the interesting things with storm ciaran as the variability of the wind strength. the met office has a couple of amber warnings or parts of southern england with wind gusts of 70 mph are 80 mph but ten the channel islands and north west france wind could go over 100 mph, structural damage with lots of trees brought down and particularly given the leaves ar

all right, l lorna, thank you very much indeed and chris fawkes has the weather forecast.hilly is it for those pandas in scotland? pandas in scotland 7 chilly pandas in scotland? chilly for them, chilly for us. we've got temperatures will be below freezing and snow fall affecting north—east england and eastern areas of scotland and this was cornwall just earlier this morning, with some quite thick snow on the ground. take a look at this chart. you can see how unusual it is to see lying snow on the ground in november. the vast white areas across the uk are areas where we get one day or less of snowfall on the ground in november, so it's very, very unusual, particularly across the south and as we go through the rest of the afternoon we have this area of rain skirting into the far south of england. it's continuing to fall as snow across the hills, over cornwall and parts of devon and that's likely to continue for the next few hours bringing slippery conditions on the roads and pavements and we continue to see showers and eastern scotland, north—east england, rain and sleet to

here's chris fawkes. will we see it? many people tonight you're more likely to get a wet face than see the meteor shower. todayis wet face than see the meteor shower. today is a beautiful day, a day to enjoy the gorgeous autumnal colours. make the most of today's sunshine, because lurking out in the atlantic this area of cloud is the next area of low pressure bringing wet and windy weather. most of us will keep the sunshine all day. the risk of one or two showers in southern wales and south west england. the sunshine turning hazy in the west ahead of the next weather system. temperatures on the cool side in northern scotland. tonight we will see the cloud gather. so, yeah, not much chance of seeing the meteors. we have rain moving in. and south—westerly winds strengthening. the winds bringing milder air and temperatures up to m in plymouth. the weekend, this area of low pressure dominates, bringing wet and windy weather. the south—westerly winds will bring some mild air. temperatures a lot higher over the weekend than th

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here's chris fawkes. a lot of cloud and it was raining for most of the day in parts of sussex but contrast that with brighter skies across most parts of the country, sunshine but a big shower clouds loitering in northern ireland here. you can trace those clouds notjust into northern ireland and western scotland but all the weights into the atlantic to the greenland and that is coming our way tomorrow is. it will stay pretty unsettled and showery, quite a changeable picture. overnight, the majority of the showers are

that takes us to the weather with chris fawkes.e uk, i am sure you enjoyed the sunshine, but you will have noticed how cold the weather felt compared with yesterday, 15 in cambridge yesterday to around 8 degrees today, and for the most part those temperatures have been below average and will stay that way for a long time. overnight tonight, northerly winds bringing a scattering of showers to the far north of scotland, a few sneaking down north sea coasts, but otherwise the winds are light, the skies are clear, temperatures dropping like a stone, a really cold night with widespread frost, temperatures in towns and cities down to minus four, the breeze keeping temperatures above freezing in the coasts. tomorrow, a cold and frosty start, yes, but plenty of sunshine, and thatis yes, but plenty of sunshine, and that is the way the weather will stay with a few exceptions. again, northern scotland could see a shower, one or

now it's time for a look at the weather, with chris fawkes.pe and race towards our shores. it's this that will bring some very strong winds to our neck of the woods. now, the met office have issued a couple of amber wind warnings across southern england. gusts of wind 70 or 80 miles an hour, strong enough to bring down some trees in a few places, so we could see some disruption. but the strongest winds will be heading across the north—west of france and the channel islands. gust of wind over 100 miles an hour, strong enough to rip roofs off buildings, whereas across parts of southern england, the winds are going to be kind of the strength you're going to see lots of times this autumn and winter season. so there'll be a large variance in the winds from place to place, even over a relatively short distance. today, while broadly speaking, it's a day of sunny spells and showers, the quiet before the storm. we do have some longer spells of rain in northern scotland where it continues to be quite cold. so overnight that storm ciaran, moves in, and t

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now the weather with chris fawkes... hello there.t of cloud overhead with just a few gaps at the right time to allow those sun rays through to illuminate that cloud sheet. and it really was spectacular. today has been dominated, though, by this warm front, bringing milder air, cloudy weather conditions, bit of drizzle here and there. some more persistent rain for the western side of scotland. but of course, that warm front�*s also been bringing much milder air with it. and you can see that in the kind of temperatures that we had across parts of northern england and scotland yesterday, compared with today. well, temperatures have been about seven degrees up. now heading through this evening and overnight, it is going to stay predominantly cloudy for northern ireland, england and wales. we'll continue to see an odd spit of drizzle here and there. no great amounts, but some heavy rain slides southwards across the hebrides and the highlands of scotland in particular. for most, though, it's a mild frost—free night, temperatures staying we

here's chris fawkes. contrasting fortunes today, across parts of eastern england we were struggling with a lot of cloud and it was raining for most of the day in parts of sussex but contrast that with brighter skies across most parts of the country, sunshine but a big shower clouds loitering in northern ireland here. you can trace those clouds notjust into northern ireland and western scotland but all the weights into the atlantic to the greenland and that is coming our way tomorrow is. it will stay pretty unsettled and showery, quite a changeable picture. overnight, the majority of the showers are on the west of the uk, rain eventually clearing from the far south—east in the next few hours and we are left with some clear spells and quite a cool night, 3—7, with some clear spells and quite a cool night, 3—7 , but cold enough for a nip of frost in sheltered areas of northern scotland. tomorrow, the majority of the showers start in the west, some sunshine but is but the odd shower just about anywhere throug

but let's pause and get the weather with chris fawkes.rsal cover of cloud across the country and just a few cracks in that cloud sheet that opened up at the right time to allow the early morning sun rays underneath. so we have at sunrise. today, a warm front moving across the country and introducing milder air, and what that's doing in scotland and northern inc and is its pushing up temperatures in a big way. compared to yesterday, temperatures are up to 7 degrees higher but there is much less brightness across scotland and northern england today, the skies are rather grey and drab. we have spits and spots of light rain falling from the cloud here and the odd spot as well across parts of northern england, the midlands, east anglia, not amounted to much, and looking at temperatures into double figures for most. a mild day for the time of year. it will continue to be pretty mild overnight for northern ireland, england and wales to keep extensive cloud and if you bits of drizzle around there. some further aspects of brain running into scotla

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now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. of icy stretches on road and pavement and a freezing cold nights. temperatures getting down to around -8 temperatures getting down to around —8 in the countryside. if you mist and fog patches as we sat the day on friday. the most of us, it is cold start of the day. most of us will see sunshine. showers continue to feed and of the north sea. it is going to be cold. temperatures struggling to get much above freezing across scotland and three to five degrees celsius. it is going to five degrees celsius. it is going to be a day of well below average temperature is for the day. that will bring some patches of rain, properly some sleet or snow over hills, maybe some localised human nations. it will bring the threat of wintry weather into west scotland, parts of wales and england. temperatures continue to struggle. low pressure to south—west on sunday, there is some uncertainty and how quickly this will make its way to the uk. the time being, it shows rain moving on from the south—west, we w