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Cold conditions sweep in as Storm Claudia clears
After a spell of persistent heavy rain, high pressure will settle the weather across the UK, bringing widespread cold conditions and some wintry hazards.
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UK 5 day weather forecast
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Turning colder but also sunnier for many.
Today:
Low cloud and patchy drizzle in the south slowly clearing. Elsewhere, largely dry with bright or sunny spells, though a fragmenting band of cloud moving slowly across Scotland with scattered wintry showers following. Colder than previous days.
Tonight:
Many places dry with variable amounts of cloud, though blustery showers increasingly affecting North Sea coasts, wintry across the Northern Isles and higher ground elsewhere. Frosty away from the southeast.
Monday:
Showers continuing along North Sea coasts, wintry in the far north. Many areas fine and dry with prolonged sunshine but feeling cold, accentuated by a brisk wind in the east.
Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:
Potential for rain, hill snow and icy stretches on Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly across northern regions. Dry and sunny for many inland areas on Thursday. Remaining cold with overnight frosts.
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UK long range weather forecast
A cold northerly flow will affect the UK initially, with widespread overnight frosts, below average temperatures and frequent wintry showers, these primarily in exposed northern, eastern and western coastal counties, but may feed farther inland in some places. Towards the end of the week and beyond, a transition to a milder but more unsettled regime is likely, as Atlantic frontal systems track eastwards across or near the UK. This will bring a chance of more widespread spells of rain or showers at times, perhaps with some occasional hill snow in the north, and the risk of some strong winds. Temperatures will tend to fluctuate from day to day, but overall will likely be close to average.
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Whilst there is a lot of uncertainty as to the flavour of weather affecting the UK into December, there is a greater chance than normal of slower evolving weather patterns. This could bring rain or showers with hill snow also a possibility, mainly in the north. However, there are also likely to be periods of high pressure at times, bringing more in the way of dry weather, which would increase the chance of overnight fog and frost. Overall, temperatures close to average are most likely, but some colder spells are also possible, especially should any prolonged settled spells develop.
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