It's a rather messy weekend in terms of the synoptic weather pattern as we have high pressure building out to the east of Britain and Ireland but weakening Atlantic frontal systems will continue to try and push in from the west. The result will be that although there will be plenty of dry and bright weather around with temperatures milder than of late, some rain is likely in places too, especially across western areas tomorrow.
The weekend starts off on chilly note with a frost across central and south-eastern parts of England whilst some frost and ice has also formed where skies have cleared across parts of Scotland, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Sandwiched in-between is a zone of cloudier weather with outbreaks of rain, and some snow over higher ground in the north, whilst showers are affecting northern and western coasts of Scotland and Ireland. That band of cloud and increasingly patchy rain will continue to edge slowly east across England and Wales today although the rain will mostly die out so that many areas are dry this afternoon with some brighter spells. Showers will continue towards the north and west where they will be heavy in places with sleet and snow for higher regions. It will still be rather chilly in the north, but for many areas maximum temperatures today will range from a near normal 5°C to 9°C although the far south and southwest will make double figures.
Clearing skies this evening and tonight will mean that a fairly widespread frost will form along with some patches of mist and fog that may locally be quite dense. However it will become milder over Ireland and Northern Ireland as thickening cloud and increasing breeze brings some rain in from the west by the second half of the night. This rain drifts slowly eastwards into western parts of the UK tomorrow, but eastern parts of the country will remain mostly dry and bright for much of the day.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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