Fresh to strong westerly winds will make for a rather chilly midweek period across much of Britain and Ireland with these winds bringing in plenty of showers, especially to the north and west where they will be frequent and heavy. Some more sheltered eastern districts may well get away with a mainly dry and bright day however, although more wind and rain is set to sweep eastwards tomorrow.
A deep area of low pressure is sat to the north of the country today and will only slowly be pulling away to the northeast during the next 24 hours. There is some patchy frost and ice around this morning after skies cleared overnight, but there will be some sunny spells too. However, showers are rattling into many western regions on those winds, the showers heavy with hail and thunder in places whilst they are falling as sleet or snow over higher ground. Those showers will continue throughout the day and some will make their way further east at times, especially across central and southern regions as a trough swings through. Top temperatures today will be in the range of 3°C to 7°C in many areas, feeling colder in those winds.
Showers will gradually become confined to northern and western parts of Scotland tonight, continuing to fall as snow over the hills and mountains, but elsewhere it will become dry with clear spells which will allow temperatures to drop down to or just below freezing bringing the risk of some frost and ice. However, later in the night freshening winds and thickening cloud will bring milder temperatures into the southwest as outbreaks of rain push into Ireland, Wales and southwest England. This rain continues to push slowly north and east tomorrow, the rain turning to snow over higher parts of northern England and southern Scotland, but for central and northern parts of Scotland it should remain brighter with scattered wintry showers.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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