Weather and climate change

Headline:

Cold and mostly dry, some wintry showers in the northeast.

This Evening and Tonight:

Variable amounts of cloud but mostly dry. A few showers towards coastal areas this evening and overnight, some falling as snow in the northeast. Cold, with a widespread frost particularly in the north with clearer skies.

Wednesday:

Wednesday will be another cold day for many, with plenty of sunny spells. Scattered showers towards the coasts, again these wintry in the north. Staying on the cold side.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Cold and dry through this period, with some wintry showers. A low risk of some patchy rain and snow in the south for a time Thursday. Overnight frost and fog.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Tue 28 Nov 2023

Through the latter part of the weekend and into the new week further wintry showers are expected across some northern areas, favouring north facing coastal spots. Further south there is potential for some rain and perhaps hill snow to spread across from the west for a time early in the coming week. Most wintry showers expected to ease by midweek. By the end of the coming week milder conditions are expected to develop with cloudier and windier spells bringing outbreaks of rain as the UK enters a more mild regime. There remains a possibility of further more settled spells with potential for temperatures to fall again with frosts and fog patches, but these limited to a day or two before further areas of rainfall likely move through.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Tue 28 Nov 2023

Conditions are most likely to be changeable through this period. Wetter and windier than average conditions are slightly more likely than normal, especially in the west and northwest. Temperatures are most likely to be near or above average overall, although this doesn't rule out some spells of cold weather and associated wintry hazards.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Tue 28 Nov 2023