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A cold and wintry spell is on the way
There’s a major change in the weather from this weekend, as an early winter cold spell arrives bringing the potential for disruption for some next week.
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UK 5 day weather forecast
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Cloudy in the north. Clearer and locally frosty elsewhere.
This Evening and Tonight:
Cloudy with hill fog and patchy drizzle across the northwest and increasingly breezy for northern Scotland. Clear spells eastern Scotland, central and southern England and Wales, with light winds, allowing a patchy fog and frost to form my morning.
Friday:
Mostly dry with sunshine across central and southern England, south Wales and eastern Scotland. Cloudier elsewhere with hill fog and drizzle. Heavier rain in far northwest later. Windy in north.
Outlook for Saturday to Monday:
Rain moving south across England and Wales Saturday. Brighter, colder with blustery showers elsewhere. Further rain in the south Sunday and Monday, cold with wintry showers in the north.
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UK long range weather forecast
Cold or very cold conditions are likely to affect most if not all parts of the UK early in this period, with wintry showers affecting in particular northern parts and exposed coastal districts. Overnight frost will likely be widespread and occasionally strong winds will result in significant wind chill. However, there may be more organised areas of rain and snow, accompanied by strong winds, which run across some parts. This could lead to some disruptive weather at times, especially at the start of this period. Briefly milder conditions may accompany these in the south. There is a hint that it may become less cold late in the period, but still likely remain mostly unsettled with further spells of rain and snow.
Updated:
Signals vary in prevailing weather patterns through this period. In general, there looks like a trend towards drier and more settled conditions, with high pressure potentially being the more dominant influence over the UK. However. there is a chance of more changeable weather patterns at times, which would see Atlantic weather systems periodically move across the country. These will bring some wetter and windier interludes with a risk of some snow, especially for hills in the north. Temperatures trending closer to average, especially in the south.
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