General Synopsis at 12:00hrs for the UK for the next five days: Wednesday: Low pressure pushing rain slowly across the S and SE of the UK during the day. Light showers and sunny spells elsewhere. Rather cold to average temperatures. Thursday: Low pressure to the NW pushing rain and hill sleet E across the country. Followed by wintry showers. Windy across the UK apart from Scotland. Cold to average temperatures. Friday: Sees the storm Éowyn as a very deep low crosses Scotland. This spreads heavy rain across the country with some hill Snow in Scotland and N England for a time. Very windy at times across the UK with gusts to 80 to 90mph across the Ireland and NW England and gusts to 60 to 70 mph in other parts of the country during the day. Turning very mild across England for a time before colder air pushes back S. Saturday: The deep low moves away towards Norway leaving the UK in a WSW air flow with wintry showers. Overnight rain, sleet and hill snow crosses the country. Windy in the N of the UK light to gentle breezes in the S. Cold to rather cold across the UK. Sunday: Another deep low moves to wards W Ireland through the day. Windy again in the W and S gusts to 55mph. Dry and cold until later in the day. Very cold Scotland to Cold to rather cold across England and Ireland.
Local Summary for the next five days: The weather looks to remain mostly on the rather cold to to average side except Friday which will be briefly mild. Storm Éowyn arrives Friday with the winds seeing gusts to 60 to 65mph. Before the storm some rain arrives through Thursday then another spell of rain Friday morning. Saturday brings a risk of some Snow for the hills as a weather front tracks across the region in the night. Some night frosts during the week. Winds light and gentle breezes except for Thursday when they become moderate to fresh for a time and Friday when they may reach a fresh to strong breeze at times.
Tuesday evening and night: Barometer at 18:00hrs 1009mb falling slowly. Temperatures 5C. Winds a light SSW breeze. The evening and night mostly dry but a risk of a light shower later in the night. Winds a light SW breeze. Overnight low 1C to 3C so average. A patchy ground frost.
Wednesday: Mostly dry and cloudy start but a risk of an light shower. Temperatures 2C to 4C. Winds a light and variable breeze. Turning dry and remaining cloudy during the morning. Some sunny spells in the afternoon. Winds a light NNW breeze. Temperatures 6C to 7C. so average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1000mb steady. The evening and night dry with some and cloud but also some clear spells. Winds a light WSW breeze. Overnight low 0C to 2C so rather cold to average with a ground frost and a patchy air frost.
Thursday: Dry with patchy cloud to welcome the day in. Temperatures 1C to 3C. Winds a light SSW breeze. Dry but turning cloudy through the morning. The afternoon sees some moderate rain with some sleet in the peak district. Winds a moderate possibly fresh W breeze. Gusts to 40mph. Temperatures 6C to 7C. So average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 994mb falling slowly. The evening sees the rain clearing quickly then the night dry with clear spells at first but turning cloudy with light to moderate rain by morning. Overnight low 2C to 3C so average. Winds a gentle SSE breeze.
Friday: A wet start with moderate rain. Temperatures 9C to 10C. Winds a fresh SSW breeze. Winds with gusts to 50 to 60mph. A wet morning with moderate rain clearing by lunchtime. Winds in the morning a fresh to strong SW breeze with gusts to 60 to 65mph. The afternoon dry with sunny spells and the fresh to strong WSW breeze. Winds gusts to 50mph to 60mph. Temperatures 12C to 13C falling in the afternoon. So very mild for a time. Barometer at 18:00hrs 992mb rising quickly. The evening dry with clear spells. Winds easing to a moderate to fresh WSW breeze gusting to 40mph to 45mph. The night dry with clear spells. Winds moderating by the morning to a light SSW breeze. Temperatures 1C to 3C so average with a patchy ground frost.
Saturday: A dry clear start to the new weekend. Temperatures 2C to 4C. Winds a light WSW breeze. A dry morning with sunny spells at first but turning cloudy but remaining dry. The afternoon dry but cloudy. Temperatures 5C to 6C. So rather cold to average. Winds a light to gentle WSW breeze. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1008mb rising slowly. The evening dry with clear spells but cloud building again by the evenings end. The night sees a spell of rain with hill snow pass through. Overnight low 1C to 2C. So average with a widespread ground frost. Icy patches on untreated roads. Winds a light to gentle SW breeze.
Sunday: A dry beginning to the day with clear spells. Winds a light S breeze. Temperatures 2C to 3C. A dry day with sunny spells. Temperatures 5C to 6C. So rather cold to average. Winds a light to gentle SE breeze. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1000mb falling. The evening dry with increasing cloud. The night dry at first but turning cloudy with light rain by the early hours. Winds a gentle SE breeze. Overnight low 2C to 3C so average. A patchy ground frost.