General Synopsis at 12:00hrs for the UK for the next five days: Wednesday: Low pressure to the SW of the UK and High to the NE. Showers or longer spells of rain across the Borders and Scotland. Snow over Scottish hills. Average temperatures England and N Ireland to cold to rather cold in Scotland. Windy around the NE and SW coasts with gusts to 45mph. Thursday: Low pressure to the SW and High pressure to the NE. Rain pushing N through the day turning to Snow over hills in the Borders into Scotland. Rather cold to average temperatures but milder in the SW. Windy generally with gusts to 40mph. Friday: Pressure low over SW Ireland with moderate to heavy rain edging NE. Wintry showers Scotland. Windy generally with gusts to 40mph. Saturday: Low pressure over S England and Ireland. Showers across the uK wintry over Scotland. Milder air pushing slowly N. Sunday: Low pressure moving slowly towards the SW. Rain and Sleet NE England and Scotland. Light showers elsewhere. Average to rather mild England and N Ireland. Rather cold to average Scotland. Windy NE coasts with gusts to 40mph.
Local Summary for the next five days: The models still struggling badly and are probably performing the worst I've seen for a decade or so. At the moment a trend towards milder weather is indicated so turning milder over the weekend. A risk of some Snow tonight which at the moment looks like the last Snow for a while. The weather remaining unsettled with rain or showers at times. Winds light to gentle breezes possibly moderate at times Wednesday to Thursday. The pattern is changing slightly with Low pressure tracking further N than previously hence the change to milder weather. Hopefully soon more in the way of sunny spells.
Tuesday evening and night: Barometer at 18:00hrs 994mb falling slowly. Temperatures 1C. Winds a light to gentle ENE breeze. Light rain with hill Snow arriving later in the evening and turning light to moderate and lasting through the night although by morning Snow should be confined to highest ground. Overnight low 1C to 2C so average. Winds a light E breeze.
Wednesday: Light to moderate rain with Snow in the peak district to start midweek. Winds a light SSE breeze. Temperatures 2C to 3C. A dry day from mid morning but a mostly cloudy morning. A small chance of some sunny spells late in the afternoon. Winds a gentle ESE breeze. Temperatures 6C in the N of the region to 9C in the SE. So average to rather mild. Barometer at 18:00hrs 990mb steady. The evening and night dry and turning cloudy again. Winds a gentle to moderate E breeze. Overnight low 4C to 5C. So rather mild.
Thursday: A dry cloudy rather mild welcome to the new day. Winds a gentle to moderate ESE breeze. Temperatures 5C to 6C. Rain arriving by mid morning turning moderate in nature. Winds a gentle to moderate ESE breeze. Temperatures falling to 4C to 6C so rather cold to average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 986mb rising slowly. The evening turning dry but staying cloudy. The night dry for a while then more rain by the early hours. Winds a gentle to moderate E breeze. Overnight low 2C to 3C so average.
Friday: The end of week starts wet with moderate rain. Winds a gentle ENE breeze. Temperatures 3C to 4C. A wet morning and afternoon with moderate possibly heavy rain. Winds a gentle ENE breeze. Temperatures 4C to 5C so rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 988mb rising. The evening and night sees the rain clear away by morning. Winds a light ENE breeze. Overnight low 3C to 5C so average to rather mild.
Saturday: The new weekend begins dry rather mild and cloudy. Temperatures 4C to 6C. Winds a light ENE breeze. A mostly cloudy day with the odd shower possible. Winds a light ENE breeze. Temperatures 6C in the N or the region to 9C in the SE. so average to rather mild. Barometer at 18:00hrs 996mb rising. The evening dry and night see light showery rain clearing by the early hours. Winds a light WSW breeze. Overnight low 5C to 6C so rather mild to mild.
Sunday: The new day begins dry and again cloudy. Temperatures 6C to 7C. Winds a light WSW breeze. A fairly cloudy day with some light showers. Winds a light WSW breeze. Temperatures 8C to 10C so average to rather mild. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1004mb falling. Light showers soon dying away then a dry evening and night some clear spells later. Overnight low 5C to 6C so rather mild to mild. Winds a light SSE breeze.