High pressure is still in charge of the weather today but we have a slight complication in the form of a weak front pushing westwards across England and Wales during the next 24 hours or so bringing some thicker cloud and outbreaks of mainly light rain and drizzle.

Once again for parts of mainland Scotland and western Ireland clear skies overnight have allowed a sharp frost to form along with some freezing fog patches. These may be slow to clear but some wintry sunshine will break through in many of these regions although some cloud will develop at times. It will be rather cold, especially where any mist and fog lingers, with top temperatures of 2°C to 5°C with light winds, but for the Northern Isles it will again be cloudier and a touch milder.

Meanwhile, for much of the rest of Britain and Ireland it will be a grey start with a fair amount of cloud and hill fog. Some outbreaks of mainly light rain and drizzle are pushing into eastern regions and these will become more extensive today as they spread further west across England and Wales in particular making for a pretty damp and chilly feeling day despite temperatures being in the range of 7°C to 9°C.

Not a huge amount of change is expected tonight with the clearest skies over mainland Scotland leading to another hard frost with freezing fog patches. It will be mainly cloudy elsewhere with some further patchy rain and drizzle at times and this continues into tomorrow with another band of rain moving into northern Scotland as high pressure begins to lose its grip and weather patterns change.

METEOROLOGIST : BARBER

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