Sunny spells and showers, turning wintry on hills. Feeling cold.
Today:
A mixture of sunny spells and showers, these occasionally heavy with a risk of hail, and turning wintry over higher ground. A brisk northerly wind will make it feel rather cold. Maximum temperature 8 °C.
Tonight:
Dry with clear spells this evening, before increasing cloud brings outbreaks of showery rain southwards overnight. Rain turning to snow on the Pennines. Less cold than previous nights. Light winds. Minimum temperature -1 °C.
Friday:
Early cloud and showery rain, with some hill snow, clearing to the south. Brighter skies following with scattered showers, wintry on hiils, these easing later in the day. Feeling cold. Maximum temperature 8 °C.
Outlook for Saturday to Monday:
Largely fine and dry over the weekend, with variable cloud and sunny spells. Cloudier with a chance of showers on Monday. Still on the cold side, with overnight frosts.
Updated:
UK long range weather forecast
High pressure is expected to be centred to the east of the UK for much of next week. Initially there should be a good deal of dry weather with sunny spells by day, but still the potential for some chilly nights at first. Daytime temperatures will probably start around average, but gradually increase day by day. As we move towards the weekend and into the following week, we are likely to see a gradual transition to less settled conditions. So rain or showers are expected at times, mostly focussed across the south and west at first, then more widely later. With winds predominantly coming from the south or southwest it will also become much milder, possibly warm in places.
Updated:
Confidence is low, but through the end of March changeable weather patterns are most likely. This means periods of unsettled, wet and windy weather interspersed with some drier and brighter spells. Into early April, there may be a transition to more frequent drier and more settled spells. Temperatures will probably be above average overall.