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Cold start to New Year with snow and ice warning issued
We’ll see a transition to more unsettled and wintry conditions into the New Year, with a snow and ice warning issued and more likely to come.
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UK 5 day weather forecast
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Turning much colder for the start of the new year.
This Evening and Tonight:
A breezy night across Scotland with cloud and patchy rain spreading gradually further south. Clear spells elsewhere leading to a cold night with a widespread frost, plus some freezing fog patches, particularly across southern England and Northern Ireland.
Wednesday:
A dry New Year's Eve for much of England and Wales with sunny spells. Cloudier elsewhere with some scattered showers. A cold day, with winds increasing later in the north.
Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:
Cloud and showery rain continues southwards on New Year's Day, with very cold conditions and wintry showers following into the weekend. Snow showers most frequent across Scotland and coastlines elsewhere.
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UK long range weather forecast
Cold northerly winds dominant across the UK in the first week of January. These will bring wintry showers (often of snow) to many coastlines (and areas just inland of these) that are exposed to onshore winds. Day-to-day changes in wind direction will change the places most exposed to the showers, but many inland locations across central and southern areas will remain mostly dry but cold - some more coherent bands of rain, sleet and snow working south at times. Into the second week of January slightly milder conditions will attempt to move in from the west, with a risk of further snow on the leading edge of these turning to rain. Colder regime more likely to the north with average to just below average in the south.
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Whilst confidence in details is low, by the start of this period the transition back to westerly winds bringing Atlantic weather systems into the UK is expected to be complete, with temperatures most likely recovering to around or just below average. There is perhaps a weak signal for slowly evolving weather patterns to be more favoured than normal, such patterns increase the chances of frost and fog above normal by night.
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