Weather and climate change

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Plenty of late autumnal sunshine. Cold, with some wintry showers.

Today:

A dry and bright day, with sunny spells. A few wintry showers are possible, mainly towards the coasts and also largely across the northeast of the UK. Possible rain in the southwest later. A cold feeling day for all.

Tonight:

Frost developing through the evening, becoming widespread overnight. Icy stretches where snow showers continue. Further patchy rain across the southwest of England, turning to snow over the Moors.

Thursday:

Cloudy for southern counties of England, with the further patchy rain at times, falling as snow across the Moors in the southwest. Sunny elsewhere, with wintry showers towards coasts. Cold.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Staying cold throughout this period, with sunny spells and some wintry showers, mainly towards coastal areas. Widespread overnight frosts and some freezing fog patches.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Wed 29 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