General Synopsis at 12:00hrs for the UK for the next five days: Saturday: Storm Ingrid over the SE of Ireland with a ESE air flow across the UK. Showers with hill Snow over Scotland. Moderate to heavy rain SW England. Dry in remaining areas. Winds to gentle to moderate breezes inland. The SW still seeing gusts to 50mph. Temperatures rather cold to average across the UK. Sunday: Low pressure to SW of Ireland and another over SW England into France. Heavy rain in the SW. Showers in the NE of the UK wintry over hills. Windy around coasts but gentle breezes inland. Rather cold to average. Monday: Low pressure to the W Ireland with rain and hill sleet across the UK turning showery as it does so. Windy in the W with gusts to 45mph.generally. Cold to rather cold. Tuesday: Low pressure in the SW moving slowly NNE. This should be the next named storm. Moderate to heavy rain some hill sleet moving N during the day. Windy but very windy in the SW and Wales later with gusts to 60mph to 65mph Elsewhere gusts to 40 to 45mph. Cold to rather cold across the country. Wednesday: Low pressure over N Ireland with gusts to 60 mph. Showers or longer spells of rain in the W and Scotland. Light showers Midlands and N England. Dry in the SE. Rather cold Scotland to average elsewhere.
Local Summary for the next five days: A sudden change in the models again tonight back tracking on bringing the cold back, that said it will be rather cold by day Monday and Tuesday. So confidence remains low from Monday. Temperatures average to Saturday then turning a little colder from Sunday to Tuesday that back to average for Wednesday. Nights either side of average. Still unsettled with rain at times and some hill sleet possible. Possible sunny spells Saturday. Winds light to gentle breezes but moderate at times for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Friday evening and night: Barometer at 18:00hrs 985mb steady. Temperatures 6C. Winds a gentle ESE breeze. The evening and night mostly dry just a risk of odd light shower. Winds a gentle ESE breeze. Overnight low 5C so rather mild.
Saturday: The new weekend dawns dry and cloudy. Temperatures 5C to 6C. Winds a gentle ESE breeze. A dry day with some welcome sunny spells. Winds a gentle ESE breeze. Temperatures 6C to 8C so average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 994mb falling quickly. The evening dry with clear spells. The night dry at first with building cloud bring light to moderate rain after midnight night night. Overnight low 3C to 5C so average to rather mild. Winds a gentle ESE breeze.
Sunday: A dry cloudy start with light rain. Winds a light to gentle ESE breeze. Temperatures 5C to 6C. A dry cloudy day from mid morning. Winds a gentle E breeze. Temperatures 6C to 7C so average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 996mb rising. The evening dry and night dry and cloudy. Winds a light ENE breeze. Overnight low 3C to 4C. So average to rather mild.
Monday: A dry cloudy welcome to the new week. Winds a light E breeze. Temperatures 4C to 5C. A dry cloudy day. Winds a gentle SE breeze. Temperatures 4C to 5C so rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 996mb falling. The evening dry and cloudy. The night sees rain and hill sleet quickly arrive becoming showery by midnight and clearing by the early hours. Winds a light SE breeze. Overnight low 2C to 3C so average with a patchy ground frost.
Tuesday: A cloudy start with the odd light shower. Winds a light ENE breeze. Temperatures 3C to 4C. A dry cloudy day. Winds a moderate ENE breeze. Temperatures 4C to 5C so rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 984mb falling. The evening and night sees a band of rain and hill sleet quickly arriving and clearing after midnight to clear spells. Winds a moderate ESE breeze. Overnight low 4C to 5C so rather mild.
Wednesday: Midweek begins cloudy and dry. Temperatures 5C to 7C. Winds a moderate SE breeze. A cloudy day with light showers. Winds a gentle SSE breeze. Temperatures 7C to 8C so average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 988mb rising. The evening soon turning dry. The night dry but cloudy. Winds a light SE breeze. Overnight low 2C to 4C so average to rather mild. A patchy ground frost possible