Today sees a ridge of high pressure bringing a mostly dry and bright day to many parts of the country with coastal showers dying out but this ridge doesn't hang around for long as the next set of Atlantic weather fronts are already on their way and will move into the north and west later before crossing all parts during tonight and tomorrow bringing some less cold air with them.
Back to this morning and it's a very frosty start to the day with temperatures well below freezing in many areas and there are some icy surfaces around following overnight showers so this is something to watch out for this morning. However there will be plenty of dry and bright weather around with some good spells of sunshine and for many it will be a fine day with frost returning soon after dark. There will, however, be a couple of exceptions. We still have some wintry showers affecting parts of East Anglia and southeast England as well as across parts of northeast Scotland and along the west coast of Wales down into Cornwall but these will tend to die away as we go through the day. Then by this afternoon cloud will thicken across much of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as outbreaks of rain and drizzle, preceded by snow in places, move in from the west accompanied by a freshening south-westerly wind. It will be another cold day for many with temperatures ranging from 1°C to 5°C, but it will be a touch milder in the far south and west.
A sharp frost forms after dark across many parts of England and Wales although temperatures will tend to lift across the north and west as we go through the night thanks to outbreaks of rain and hill snow over Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland slowly edging further eastwards with scattered showers following on behind. Looking ahead to tomorrow and that band of rain continues to push east, becoming lighter and more patchy as it does so but much of the southeast will remain bright and cold. To the north and west scattered showers are expected with temperatures a touch higher than of late.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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