A weakening cold front will be sinking southwards across the country today introducing a colder, Arctic airmass for a time which will bring snow showers to the far north and northeast of Scotland during the course of today and tonight. However, high pressure will soon be building back in from the west to cut off that cold feed of air with the bulk of the wintry weather remaining to the east of the country.

There is some patchy fog and frost this morning across sheltered pats of England and Wales but generally temperatures are a touch higher to start the day thanks to more cloud and a bit of a breeze picking up. This is in association with a cold front that is currently bringing a band of rain and drizzle south across southern and eastern Scotland along with Ireland. That cloud and increasingly patchy rain will continue on its southwards journey today, clearing all but the south-eastern corner of the UK by dusk. Much sunnier skies will then follow on from the north, but showers will feed into the north and northeast of Scotland, turning increasingly to sleet and snow as blustery north-westerly winds pick up. Temperatures today will range from 7°C in the north to 11°C in the south, but the Northern Isles will see values nearer 3°C or 4°C at best and feeling much colder in the wind.

Many places turn clear and cold tonight with some frost forming although the breeze will stop temperatures from falling too far. Wintry showers will continue in the northeast bringing some slight snow cover in the far northeast, and a few wintry showers may run down the east coast of England. Tomorrow is then set to be a fine and sunny day for many places if rather chilly, and as pressure rises from the west so the wintry showers towards the east and northeast will tend to die out with the winds also starting to ease.

METEOROLOGIST: BARBER

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High pressure looks like remaining close to or over the UK and Ireland for quite some time...