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Isolated wintry showers continuing near coasts. Drier elsewhere with clear spells and a risk of fog or freezing fog. Cold with a risk of icy patches and frost. Minimum temperature -2 °C.
Light winds with areas of fog and freezing fog clearing slowly through the day. Largely dry with sunny spells but feeling cold. Coastal wintry showers continuing. Maximum temperature 4 °C.
A cold weekend with some sharp frosts and a continued risk of fog. Generally drier Saturday. Perhaps breezier and cloudier from Sunday and maybe somewhat milder with rain possible Monday.
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A fair amount of uncertainty at the start of this period as milder and more generally unsettled conditions across the south and west try and extend further north and east through the week. It is likely that northern and perhaps some eastern areas remain cold with further overnight frost and fog patches, then clear or sunny spells and wintry showers in places. Elsewhere, milder, or at least less cold weather than the preceding days, with areas of rain and stronger winds, more especially in the west, this erratically spreading further north and east with time. Moving towards mid December and more generally unsettled and milder conditions look most probable with any colder interludes likely to be short-lived.
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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, though the chances of any prolonged spells of cold weather are low.
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