General Synopsis at 12:00hrs for the UK for the next five days: Tuesday: High pressure over Scotland. Dry, fairly cloudy some sunny spells. Breezy down the E, SW coasts and the channel. Cold to rather cold temperatures. Wednesday: High pressure over the SW of the UK and Low pressure to the NE. Some light showers over N Scotland. Dry with sunny spells elsewhere. Cold to rather cold. Thursday: Low pressure over Norway pushing a cold front S with a band of rain moving S during the day and dying away as it does so. Wintry showers Scotland following. Cold to rather cold. Windy N facing coasts with gusts to 60mph. Breezy inland. Friday: Low pressure E of Scotland pushing rain and hill Snow south over Scotland moving S. Blizzards over highest ground. Windy generally with gusts to 50mph. Very cold to cold across the UK. Saturday: A very cold NNW breeze across the country. Snow showers N and E Scotland, E coast and into the N Yorkshire moors. Snow Showers N Ireland. Very cold and windy N facing coasts with gusts to 50mph.
Local Summary for the next five days: A very rare spell of winter arriving from Thursday with the first possible Snow of the winter on Friday. Before then dry and rather cold with sunny spells Tuesday and Wednesday then some light showers Thursday morning. Temperatures mostly below average by day and night and well below by the weekend. Night frosts becoming hard by Friday morning. Winds light to gentle breezes except Thursday when could be moderate for a time.
Monday evening and night: Barometer at 18:00hrs 1029mb steady. Temperatures 5C. Winds a light NNE breeze. The evening and night dry and fairly cloudy some clear spells. Winds a light NE breeze. Overnight low 3C to 4C so average to rather mild.
Tuesday day: The day starting dry and fairly cloudy. Temperatures 5C to 6C. Winds a light N breeze. A dry fairly cloudy day only a few sunny spells. Winds a light NNE breeze. Temperatures 4C to 6C so cold to rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1032mb steady. The evening and night dry and fairly cloudy a few clear spells. Overnight low 0C to 1C so rather cold. A patchy air and widespread ground frost. Winds a light W breeze.
Wednesday: A dry, chilly and clear start to the day. Winds a light WSW breeze. Temperatures 1C to 2C. A dry day with sunny spells. Winds a gentle WNW breeze. Temperatures 5C so rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1020mb falling rapidly. The evening and night dry with clear spells turning cloudy later. Winds a moderate W breeze. Overnight low 1C to 3C. So rather cold to average with a widespread ground frost before cloud increases.
Thursday: The new day begins dry and cloudy. Winds a moderate WNW breeze. Temperatures 3C to 4C. The morning sees sunny spells and light showers. The afternoon dry with sunny spells. Winds a gentle NW breeze. Temperatures 4C to 5C so cold to rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1008mb steady. The evening and night dry with variable cloud and clear spells. Winds a light WNW breeze. Overnight low 0C so cold to rather cold with a widespread air and ground frost.
Friday: The new day starts dry with clear spells. Winds a light WSW breeze. Temperatures 1C to 2C. Cloud increasing with rain, sleet and Snow arriving from the N. Snow getting down to lower levels late in the afternoon. Winds a gentle N breeze. Temperatures 3C to 4C. So cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1002mb rising. Early rain, sleet and Snow clearing quickly then dry with clear spells for the night. Winds a light to gentle NNW breeze. Overnight low -2C to -1C so cold to rather cold with a widespread air and ground frost.
Saturday: A dry clear welcome to the weekend and cold. Temperatures -1C to 0C. Winds a light NNW breeze. A dry very cold day with sunny spells. Winds a gentle NNW breeze. Temperatures 0C to 1C so very cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1008mb rising. The evening and night dry with clear spells and a hard frost. Winds a light NW breeze. Overnight low -3C so very cold with a widespread air and ground frost.