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| England | Environment Agency |
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| Wales | Natural Resources Wales |
UK 5 day weather forecast
Headline:
Turning brighter with heavy showers, as well as milder.
Today:
A dry but cloudy start for many in the east with isolated frost, before rain spreads from Northern Ireland and western Scotland to all areas by early afternoon. Brighter, milder conditions follow from the west with heavy, blustery showers later.
Tonight:
Scattered northern showers overnight, while cloud and rain spread from the southwest across western and central areas. Clearer in the northeast with a possible slight frost. Elsewhere mild and breezy.
Saturday:
Rather cloudy with rain or drizzle moving northeast, heaviest over western hills. Drier and brighter in the east, sunniest in Shetland. Windy with strong lee gusts, but very mild throughout.
Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:
Brighter on Sunday but blustery showers in the north. Monday starts drier before rain spreads from the west. Tuesday mostly cloudy with rain in the west and brighter spells east.
Updated:
UK long range weather forecast
Broadly changeable during this period with Atlantic frontal systems moving across the country and shorter dry and bright interludes in-between. Rain and showers typically heaviest and most frequent in the west, with more sheltered eastern areas seeing much smaller amounts of rain. Often windy with a chance of gales at times. Temperatures well above average at first, likely falling closer to average towards the end of February and into March, perhaps briefly cold enough for some wintry showers or even snow in upland areas of the north. A very small chance of more settled weather by the end of the period.
Updated:
Confidence remains low through this period. The most likely outcome is a continuation of rather changeable conditions, with low pressure systems tending to pass close to or across the UK, bringing occasional spells of wet and windy weather, especially in the north and west. High pressure to the south may build across the UK at times to bring some drier, quieter interludes, this probably most frequent in the south and east - the chances of prolonged settled weather look very low. Temperatures are likely to be near or slightly above average for the period as a whole, though some relatively short-lived interludes of colder conditions remain possible.
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