Some quite big changes in the weather over the next 24 hours as a quiet and frosty start this morning with fog gives way to increasingly wet and windy weather from the west. With this unsettled weather will come some milder air from the south so temperatures will recover pretty well despite the prospect of more rain to come.
For this morning and a widespread frost is greeting most of us along with some mist and freezing fog patches, the fog locally dense and making for hazardous travelling conditions so it's worth leaving some extra time if you're heading out first thing this morning. This fog will slowly lift in many areas, but with the sun now very weak it will take a while with some places liable to remain cold and foggy for much of the day. However, where it does clear then many areas will see a bright day with some sunny spells and just the odd shower. The southerly wind will be gradually picking up though in advance of the next frontal system to move in from the west, this system already bringing outbreaks of rain to south-western parts of Ireland and the far southwest of England with this rain set to spread across much of Ireland and Northern Ireland today, reaching western parts of Scotland, England and Wales by this afternoon, the rain turning heavy and persistent. It will be a cold day towards the north and east with temperatures struggling to climb above freezing in the misty areas, but as that wind and rain moves in so milder conditions develop with highs of 11°C to 13°C across the southwest.
Temperatures continue to rise tonight as that wind and rain pushes north and east, the rain falling as snow for a time over higher ground in the north. Drier conditions follow into the west but also further showers whilst there is a risk of gales or severe gales developing across the west and northwest. Tomorrow sees further outbreaks of rain and drizzle pushing northwards across England and Wales but it will be brighter with showers in the north and west whilst temperatures will be milder for all regions despite the brisk winds.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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