Weather and climate change

Headline:

Turning colder and brighter from the north. Rain further south.

This Evening and Tonight:

Rain and hill snow pushes southwards slowly overnight with clearer spells developing and wintry showers in the north, leading to widespread frost and icy patches developing here. Variable cloud in the south with the odd heavy shower likely, milder here.

Friday:

Rain continues to move southwards with Northern Ireland and Scotland seeing some sunshine. Snow showers around the coasts. Staying cloudy and wet across the south but eventually clearing later.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Bright skies with sunny spells on Saturday but feeling much colder than in recent days. Turing wetter on Sunday with widespread snow likely across the north. Unsettled into next week.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Thu 12 Feb 2026

Showers or longer spells of rain as well as occasional strong winds are most likely as Atlantic low pressure systems dominate in the vicinity of the UK. Some heavy rain is likely in places, with some snow at times in the north, mainly on high ground. Temperatures varying from around average to cold at times, especially in the north. While unsettled weather is likely to continue, there may be some drier interludes between weather systems. Later in the period, there is a chance that more prolonged drier and settled conditions may begin to develop.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Thu 12 Feb 2026

Low confidence in the dominant weather patterns during this period. There are signals for both unsettled conditions, bringing a risk of some heavy rain, but also periods of drier, more settled weather, which may mean colder conditions. The latter, more settled pattern is looking slightly more probable at this stage, especially early in this period.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Thu 12 Feb 2026