General Synopsis at 12:00hrs for the UK for the next five days: Tuesday: Low pressure SW of the UK with rain or showers in the S and Wintry showers in the NE. Cold to rather cold temperatures. Breezy inland and windy around the coasts with gusts to 45mph. Wednesday: Low pressure to the SW of the UK and High to the NE. Showers across the Borders and Scotland these wintry in nature. 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. Some rain later in the SW of the UK. Light wintry showers Scotland. Dry and cloudy elsewhere. Rather cold to average temperatures but milder in the SW. Windy generally with gusts to 40mph. Friday: Pressure low over SW England with moderate to heavy rain edging slowly NE. Wintry showers Scotland dry away from these areas until later in the day. Windy around the coasts with gusts to 40mph. Breezy inland. Saturday: Low pressure to the W of the UK pushing rain slowly N. Wintry showers Scotland. Milder air pushing slowly N.
Local Summary for the next five days: The model struggle continues with a swing back to milder conditions for the weekend and the removal of any snow risk this week. The only constant being the cloudy outlook. Rain at times interspersed with cloudy dry spells. Winds light to gentle breezes except Monday and Tuesday morning where they may become moderate. The signal of easterly setting in now much diminished sadly though the outlook now looks to stay as is so a prolonged spell of cloudy weather looks to be on the cards. This pattern will only change when the the cold in America dissipates somewhat otherwise the jet stream will stay fired up.
Monday evening and night: Barometer at 18:00hrs 997mb falling slowly. Temperatures 4C. Winds a gentle to moderate ENE breeze. The evening and night dry and cloudy. Winds a gentle to moderate E breeze. Overnight low 3C to 4C so average to rather mild.
Tuesday: The new day begins dry and again cloudy. Temperatures 4C to 5C. Winds a gentle to moderate E breeze. A dry cloudy day. Winds a gentle ENE breeze. Temperatures 4C to 5C so cold to rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 992mb steady. Light rain soon arriving in the evening and turning light to moderate and lasting through the night. Overnight low 2C to 4C so average to rather mild. Winds a light ESE breeze.
Wednesday: Light to moderate rain clearing to the N to start midweek. Winds a light ESE breeze. Temperatures 4C to 6C. A dry day but mostly cloudy a small chance of some sunny spells late in the afternoon. Winds a gentle ESE breeze. Temperatures 7C to 8C so average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 992mb steady. The evening and night dry and cloudy. Winds a gentle ESE breeze. Overnight low 4C. So rather mild.
Thursday: A dry cloudy rather mild welcome to the new day. Winds a gentle ESE breeze. Temperatures 5C. A dry day but once again cloudy. Winds a gentle E breeze. Temperatures falling to 2C to 4C so cold to rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 990mb rising slowly. The evening and night dry and cloudy. Winds a gentle ENE breeze. Overnight low 1C so average with a ground frost.
Friday: The end of week starts cloudy and dry. Winds a gentle ENE breeze. Temperatures 2C to 3C. A dry cloudy morning but some rain arriving by mid afternoon. Winds a gentle E breeze. Temperatures 3C to 6C so cold to average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 990mb rising quickly. The evening sees the rain die away followed by a dry cloudy night. Winds a gentle ESE breeze. Overnight low 4C to 6C so rather mild to mild.
Saturday: The new weekend begins dry rather mild and cloudy. Temperatures 5C to 7C. Winds a light SSE breeze. A mostly dry and cloudy day once again. Winds a light ESE breeze. Temperatures 8C to 10C so average to rather mild. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1004mb rising. The evening dry cloudy and mild. The night sees a spell of rain moving N. Winds a gentle ESE breeze. Overnight low 5C to 6C so rather mild to mild.