A weak ridge of high pressure is trying to build in across the country today as the troughs associated with the area of low pressure that brought yesterday's wintry showers slowly drift away. However, a trough close to the southeast and another across the northeast will keep the risk of showers going here for a little longer.
A widespread frost greets Wednesday for many parts of the UK and Ireland with temperatures over some northern glens having dipped below -10°C overnight. These low temperatures bring some icy surfaces this morning, especially where showers fell overnight or yesterday evening, so it's worth taking extra care and time if you're heading out this morning. To compensate there will be plenty of sunshine around today with much of the country enjoying a fine and dry day. There will still be some showers around though, mainly around coastal regions where they will continue to be wintry at times, but by the end of this afternoon they will tend to become confined to parts of southeast England along with northern and western parts of Scotland. It will be a cold day for most with highs of 0°C to 4°C, but for parts of Ireland and the southwest maximums will be nearer 5°C to 8°C.
Those temperatures will plummet as soon as the sun goes down and a widespread, hard frost is expected tonight with temperatures falling down to minimums of -3°C to -8°C. However, across Ireland, Northern Ireland, west Wales and southwest England it will be frost free thanks to more in the way of cloud, this cloud bringing some rain and drizzle, and some wintry showers will continue across northern Scotland. Thursday will then be another bright and cold day for central and eastern regions, but out towards the west it will be milder and cloudier with some rain at times with temperatures in the far southwest back up into double figures.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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