General Synopsis at 12:00hrs for the UK for the next five days: Friday: A ridge of high pressure sinking SE ahead of the next weather front pushing rain and hill Snow into Scotland and N Ireland later in the day. Dry across England with sunny spells. Very cold to cold again. Saturday: A slack area of low pressure over the UK. Rain clearing from England during the day. Wintry showers over Scottish hills. Cold to rather cold. Light winds except in the SE where it still will be windy with gusts to 50mph. Sunday: A deep area of low pressure pushing SE from N Ireland during the day. A wet day with showers or longer spells of rain. Snow Scottish hills. Windy in the W and off the E coast with gusts to 50mph. Cold to rather cold across the UK. Monday: Low pressure over the SE. So a cold to rather cold day with some Showers. Windy in the W with gusts to 50mph. Tuesday: Low pressure moves off into the Low Countries. A day of showers in a N air flow. Cold to rather cold some Snow Scottish Hills. Windy round W and E coasts. Cold to rather cold by day.
Local Summary for the next five days: The last very cold day tomorrow then turning less cold over the weekend with showers, longer spells of rain and some sunny spells. Nights returning to average from Sunday so the last major frost on Friday night. Light to gentle breezes although possibly moderate Sunday and Monday for a time.
Thursday evening and night: Barometer at 18:00hrs 1016mb rising. Temperatures 1C. Winds a light to gentle WNW breeze. The evening and night dry and very cold with widespread air and ground frost. Temperatures -1C to 0C. Winds a light NNW breeze.
Friday: The new day begins dry with clear spells. Temperatures 0C to 1C. Winds a light NW breeze. A dry very cold day with sunny spells. Winds a light SW breeze. Temperatures 4C to 5C. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1024mb falling. The evening dry and night dry with clear spells. Temperatures 0C to 2C but rising overnight so only a patchy ground frost by morning. Winds a gentle SSW breeze.
Saturday: A cloudy start with light to moderate rain. Winds a gentle SSW breeze. Temperatures 3C to 4C. A wet morning with light to moderate rain. The rain clearing for the afternoon with sunny spells. Winds a light WSW breeze. Temperatures 7C to 8C so cold to rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1012mb falling. The evening dry with clear spells. The night dry at first but light showery rain arriving by the early morning. Winds a light to gentle S breeze. Overnight low 3C to 4C. So rather cold to average. A patchy ground frost at first temperatures rising later.
Sunday: The new day begins with light rain. Winds a gentle possibly moderate S breeze. Temperatures 6C. Rain quickly clearing to sunny spells and showers. Winds a gentle WSW breeze. Temperatures 7C to 8C so cold to rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 992mb rising slowly. A dry evening with clear spells. The night dry until morning when light rain arrives in the W. Winds a gentle WSW breeze. Overnight low 4C So average.
Monday: A wet welcome with showery rain. Temperatures 5C. Winds a light NNE breeze. A day of isolated light showers and sunny spells. Winds a gentle NW breeze. Temperatures 6C to 7C so cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 996mb rising. A dry evening and night with clear spells. Winds a gentle to moderate NNW breeze. Overnight low 5C to 6C so average.
Tuesday: The new day starts dry with building cloud. Temperatures 6C to 7C. Winds a gentle NNW breeze. A dry day with sunny spells in the W a few few showers in the E of the region. Temperatures 7C to 8C so rather cold. Winds a gentle NNW breeze. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1016mb rising. The evening and night dry with variable cloud and clear spells. Temperatures 4C to 5C so average. Winds a light NW breeze.