A ridge of high pressure continues to extend in from the west today but there are some changes afoot as low pressure developing over Iceland pushes quickly eastwards during the next 24 hours or so with its associated cold front sinking southwards across Britain and Ireland during the course of tonight, tomorrow and into Friday.

It's a cold start to the day across southern counties where skies remained clear overnight with a frost having formed but there will be some sunshine around to compensate for the chilly temperatures. For many regions though this morning is dawning frost free due to more in the way of cloud spreading down from the north, the cloud thick enough to bring the odd shower in places. These cloudier skies will extend to most areas today with the best of the sunshine tending to fade, but some sunnier breaks will still develop elsewhere. Some scattered showers will break out too, mainly light but with the odd heavier one possible, with a band of rain moving into northern Scotland this afternoon. Top temperatures today will be in the range of 9°C to 12°C with winds picking up in the north later.

A generally cloudy night follows for many parts of the country with a band of cloud and patchy rain sinking south across northern Britain allowing clearer and colder conditions with scattered wintry showers to follow into the far north. To the south it will remain mostly cloudy which will hold temperatures up. Tomorrow sees that band of cloud and light rain becoming slow-moving across central regions whilst the north of the country is brighter with wintry showers being fed in on a chilly north/north-west wind. To the south it will be mainly cloudy but milder with temperatures into double figures.

METEOROLOGIST: BARBER

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