The end of the working week is upon us and once again today the weather will be making the headlines with more snow in places as Storm Emma to the south sends more weather fronts northwards. The weekend then sees a trend to less cold conditions taking place from the south, but for much of the north it is likely to remain very cold into next week.
Once again it is a very complex picture across the country today, but to break it down briefly we have three main zones of weather. Firstly, across central, southern and south-western England, Wales and across into Ireland it will be a mostly cloudy day with further periods of snow bringing some further locally significant falls, especially over higher ground. As somewhat less cold air filters into the far south so snow is likely to turn to rain but with this falling onto frozen surfaces then widespread ice becomes a hazard, so once again the advice if you have travel plans is to only travel if absolutely essential. Meanwhile, snow showers will continue to pack into central and eastern districts from northern England northwards bringing some locally disruptive falls again, so this will leave a zone extending from south-eastern parts of England and East Anglia, across the Midlands, into northwest England, Northern Ireland and western Scotland where it will be mainly dry for much of the time with some sunny spells breaking through. It will be another very cold day with temperatures for many remaining at or below freezing, but one or two areas will climb just above with parts of southwest England and the Channel Islands seeing maximums of 7°C or 8°C.
Not a lot changes tonight with many places remaining bitterly cold and breezy. Snow showers continue towards the north and east whilst a band of snow pushes slowly northwards across central and southern parts of England and Wales allowing less cold conditions to move into the far south and southwest. The weekend then sees those less cold conditions making slow progress northwards but northern regions will remain cold with snow showers. Any snow in the south will tend to become confined to higher ground with a slow thaw setting in.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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