General Synopsis at 12:00hrs for the UK for the next five days: Friday: A weak ridge of high pressure over the UK. A decaying front brings light rain Wales into N England. Remaining areas dry but mostly cloudy. Cold to rather cold to temperatures away from the SE which will be average to rather mild. Light to gentle breezes. Saturday: High pressure over the country so dry with sunny spells in the N but cloudy S Yorkshire southwards. Average to rather mild temperatures. Light breezes away from the NW which will be windy with gusts to 50mph. Sunday: Low pressure mostly in control. A weather front arriving iN N Ireland later. Rain N Wales, NW England into Scotland moving NE and dying away. Elsewhere dry but mostly cloudy. Average temperatures NW England northwards mild to very mild further S. Light to gentle breezes. Monday: Low pressure across the country and fairly cloudy with some light showers around. Average to rather mild temperatures. Light to gentle breezes. Tuesday: Low pressure in control with rain moving SE slowly from W Scotland and N Ireland dying away as it does so. Rest of the UK dry and fairly cloudy. Average to rather mild temperatures. Windy in the SW with gusts to 45 mph. Breezy elsewhere.
Local Summary for the next five days: The weather changing to a more cloudy outlook but dry except for Monday afternoon when some light showers break out. Temperatures above average by day and night except for Friday when temperatures by day drop below average. Winds light to gentle breezes. Hints of the weather turning unsettled next week
Thursday evening and night: Barometer at 18:00hrs 1010mb falling. Temperatures 14C. Winds a light SSE breeze. The evening and night dry with clear spells at first cloudier later. Overnight low 7C to 8C so mild to very mild. Winds a light NW breeze.
Friday: A dry cloudy start. Winds a gentle N breeze. Temperatures 8C to 9C. A dry cloudy day. Winds a light N breeze. Temperatures falling to 4C to 6C so cold to rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1024mb steady. The evening and night dry and cloudy. Winds a light ENE breeze. Overnight low 2C to 4C so average to rather mild. A ground frost in places.
Saturday: The new weekend begins dry and mostly cloudy. Winds a light E breeze. Temperatures 4C to 5C. A dry cloudy day. Winds a light SSE breeze. Temperatures 11C in the N of the region to 8C in the S. So average to rather mild. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1024mb falling. A dry cloudy evening and night. Winds a light SE breeze. Overnight low 4C to 5C so rather mild.
Sunday: The new day starting dry with clear spells. Winds a light SE breeze. Temperatures 5C to 6C. A dry mostly cloudy day. Winds a light to gentle SSE breeze. Temperatures 11C to 12C so rather mild. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1016mb steady. The evening and night dry and cloudy. Winds a light SSE breeze. Overnight low 8C so very mild.
Monday: The working week kicks off dry and cloudy. Temperatures 9C. Winds a light SSE breeze. A dry morning with sunny spells developing but some light showers for the afternoon. Winds a gentle SW breeze. Temperatures 13C to 14C so mild to very mild. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1012mb steady. The evening sees any light showers die away. The night dry with clear spells. Winds a light SSW breeze. Overnight low 5C to 6C so rather mild to mild.
Tuesday: The day begins dry and cloudy. Temperatures 6C to 7C. Winds a light to gentle SSW breeze. A dry day but mostly cloudy only a few sunny spells. Winds a gentle SSW breeze. Temperatures 9C to 11C so average to rather mild. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1006mb steady. The evening and night dry and cloudy. Overnight low 7C to 8C so mild to very mild. Winds a gentle S breeze.