General Synopsis at 12:00hrs for the UK for the next five days: Saturday: High pressure over the France. Some rain W and N Scotland. Dry in remaining areas with sunny spells and very cold to cold but milder in the SW. Windy around the coasts. Light to gentle breezes inland. Widespread frosts. Sunday: Low pressure over England. Rain across the UK and Snow over Scottish Hills. Milder across England still cold to rather cold Scotland. Gentle to moderate breezes. Windy round the coasts. Monday: A ridge of high pressure over the UK so dry with sunny spells. Light breezes inland windy SW coasts and E coasts with gusts to 40mph. Very cold to cold. Tuesday: A deep low over N England with heavy rain and Hill Snow Scotland. Showers England and more rain in the far S later. Moderate breezes England with gusts to 40mph. Light winds Scotland and N Ireland. Average to rather mild N Midlands southwards. Cold to rather cold further N. Wednesday: Low pressure over the Irish sea. Heavy rain and Sleet N England and N Ireland. Rain or showers England. Light showers Scotland. Average temperatures S Yorkshire southwards. Very cold to cold further N. Very windy coast of S England and the channel with gusts to 60mph. Moderate breezes S England, N Ireland. Light to gentle further N. Windy around around the rest of the coasts with gusts to 50mph.
Local Summary for the next five days: A big change in the modelling tonight taking the low pressure further north for Sunday so unsettled and less cold from Sunday but temperatures still below average. The threat of sleet in the peak district presently gone but a slight change in track further S and the threat of wintry weather will be back. Dry and Sunny Saturday but next week looks unsettled with showers or longer spells of rain but still some sunny spells. Frosts Friday night to Monday.
Friday evening and night: Barometer at 18:00hrs 1017mb rising slowly. Temperatures 3C. Winds F1 Variable. The evening and night dry with clear spells and patchy cloud. Winds a light SSW breeze. Overnight low 0C to 1C so very cold to cold with a widespread ground frost and patchy air frost.
Saturday: The new weekend begins dry with clear spells Temperatures 1C to 3C. Winds a light SSW breeze. A dry day with sunny spells. Winds a light S breeze. Temperatures 7C so cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1008mb falling. Temperatures 5C. The evening and night dry with clear spells and patchy cloud. Winds a light SSE breeze. Overnight low 1C to 3C so very cold to cold. A widespread ground frost.
Sunday: The day starts dry with clear spells. Temperatures 2C to 4C. Winds a light SSE breeze. Turning cloudy through the morning with light to moderate rain from midday lasting into the afternoon. Winds a light SSE breeze. Temperatures 6C to 7C so very cold to cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 990mb rising. Temperatures 7C. The evening sees moderate to heavy rain clearing overnight to clear spells. Winds a gentle WNW breeze. Overnight low 3C so rather cold with patchy ice in places.
Monday: The new week kicks dry with clear spells. Winds a light W breeze. Temperatures 4C. A dry day with sunny spells. Winds a light WSW breeze. Temperatures 5C to 6C so very cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1004mb falling. Temperatures 4C to 5C. The evening dry but turning cloudy. The night sees moderate to heavy rain. Winds a gentle SE breeze. Overnight low to 2C so very cold to cold.
Tuesday: The new day starts cloudy with moderate to heavy rain. Mild to very mild. Winds a moderate WSW breeze. Temperatures 9C to 12C. Showery rain by mid morning clearing to sunny spells. Winds a gentle WSW breeze. Temperatures 9C to 10C. so rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 976mb rising. Temperatures 8C to 9C. A dry evening and first part of the night but cloud bringing light rain by the early hours. Winds a light S breeze. Overnight low 5C so average.
Wednesday: The new day begins wet with moderate rain. Winds a gentle SSW breeze. Temperatures 6C to 9C A day of light to moderate rain. Winds a light SSW breeze. Temperatures 9C to 10C. so rather cold to average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 974mb steady. Temperatures 8C to 9C. A mostly wet eveniung and night with light to moderate rain this clearing by morning. Winds a gentle NNW breeze. Overnight low 4C so average.
Morning temperatures are those at 06:00 Hrs. The Max temperature are those expected over the 24 Hour period. The evening temperatures are those at 18:00hrs. Overnight Min is the low expected overnight normally 03:00hrs but time may vary depending due to changing air masses.