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Breakfast brief: Widely overcast on a calm day

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21 January 2025

Breakfast brief
Widely overcast on a calm day

Overcast, with rainfall passing through the day.

We see wide cloud cover over the UK and Ireland, with some rainfall but otherwise calm.

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Weather outlook

We see widely overcast conditions again today, with some breaks with clearer skies over eastern Scotland this afternoon, and Ireland towards the evening.

Rain passes over northern England and southern Scotland throughout the day, on an otherwise calm day after a chilly start sees freezing temperatures in parts of the UK.

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