An unsettled period of weather in store as low pressure to the southwest deepens and slowly pushes in across the country over the next few days bringing showers or longer spells of rain to many regions and, for some, some snow too as that low encounters the colder air currently sitting across central and northern regions.
It's a cold and frosty start for much of northern Britain with temperatures well below freezing in rural locations but towards the south and southwest it is a milder start thanks to increasingly wet and windy weather moving up from the southwest. That rain, already affecting much of Ireland, Wales, central, southern and south-western England, will continue to push slowly north and east today reaching much of the rest of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The rain will turn to snow as it meets that colder air, especially across inland and higher parts of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, the Midlands and northern England where some accumulations are likely, particularly across north Wales, the Peak District and southern Pennines with atrocious conditions developing over the higher routes as locally significant accumulations blow around in the strong east wind.
To the north and for much of Scotland it will be another cold and bright day with some sunny spells and still a few wintry showers feeding into northern and eastern coastal regions but some rain or snow will reach the south later.
Temperatures will range from close to or just above freezing across much of central and northern Britain to highs of 11°C or 12°C in the far south but the strong east/southeast winds will make it feel much colder although those winds will ease a touch in the south as they veer more southerly.
Further outbreaks of rain, locally heavy and persistent, will push northwards across many regions tonight with snow becoming confined to higher parts of northern England along with Scotland as that milder air in the south slowly heads north. Tomorrow sees further showers or longer spells of rain in many regions thanks to low pressure dominating, but for central and eastern parts of Scotland it could be quite snowy as the cold air lingers here.
METEOROLOGIST : BARBER
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