Weather and climate change
UK video forecast
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Flood warnings in force for:
| England | Environment Agency |
|---|---|
| Scotland | Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) |
| Wales | Natural Resources Wales |
UK 5 day weather forecast
Headline:
Unsettled, often wet and windy.
Today:
Cloudy with showers or longer spells of rain for all areas, and some hill snow in Scotland. Brief drier and brighter intervals possible before another band of rain reaches the southwest later. Windy, with coastal gales developing.
Tonight:
Unsettled with bands of rain moving north across much of the country, further hill snow likely across eastern Scotland. Frequent showers later in the southwest with coastal gales here.
Saturday:
Rain and hill snow across the northeast easing. Elsewhere, showers often merging into longer spells of rain at times, particularly across the southwest. Widely windy with coastal gales.
Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:
Remaining unsettled throughout, with bands of rain moving north and east across the country. Gradually turning colder from the northeast, with an increasing risk of snow, particularly over northern hills.
Updated:
UK long range weather forecast
Weather systems moving in from the Atlantic will continue to attempt to push in from the west, but tending to stall in the vicinity of the UK as they encounter high pressure to the north and northeast. As a result, further spells of rain or showers are expected at times. These may be heavy and persistent, especially in the south and west. Whilst mild conditions are expected to encroach into the south and southwest at times, cold air is likely to be positioned to the northeast, bringing wintry showers. Where fronts from the south west do reach the cold air towards the north east, there is the risk of some snow, most likely across hills, but perhaps extending to other areas at times.
Updated:
A similar theme is expected to continue as Atlantic frontal systems attempt to push eastwards at times. As the jet stream is slightly further south than normal, the wettest conditions are more likely in central and southern areas. North and northwestern parts of the UK are most likely to be drier than normal. Whilst mild incursions of wet and windy weather are favoured at times in the south and west, colder conditions in the north and northeast will bring associated wintry hazards where any precipitation attempts to spread in, especially on hills.
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