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UK 5 day weather forecast
Headline:
Rain easing with brighter spells. Hill snow in the north.
Today:
Cloudy with rain, sleet and hill snow easing across central and eastern England, turning drier later with brighter spells. Showery rain moves east across Northern Ireland into western Scotland, with hill snow. Brisk winds southwest and north. Feeling chilly.
Tonight:
Cloud for most with early rain or showers in the north and east. Some clear spells elsewhere before strengthening winds bring heavy rain into Northern Ireland and western Scotland later.
Friday:
Frosty for some in the north and east. Widespread rain spreads east with brief hill snow, turning brighter with blustery showers later. Winds freshening and turning milder from the west.
Outlook for Saturday to Monday:
Turning milder but often cloudy with rain or drizzle, heaviest west, with brighter spells at times. Sunday stays unsettled with rain. Monday briefly brighter before further rain spreads in later.
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UK long range weather forecast
Broadly changeable during this period with Atlantic frontal systems moving across the country and shorter dry and bright interludes in-between. Rain and showers typically heaviest and most frequent in the west, with more sheltered eastern areas seeing much smaller amounts of rain. Often windy with a chance of gales at times. Temperatures well above average at first, likely falling closer to average towards the end of February and into March, perhaps briefly cold enough for some wintry showers or even snow in upland areas of the north. A very small chance of more settled weather by the end of the period.
Updated:
Confidence remains low through this period. The most likely outcome is a continuation of rather changeable conditions, with low pressure systems tending to pass close to or across the UK, bringing occasional spells of wet and windy weather, especially in the north and west. High pressure to the south may build across the UK at times to bring some drier, quieter interludes, this probably most frequent in the south and east - the chances of prolonged settled weather look very low. Temperatures are likely to be near or slightly above average for the period as a whole, though some relatively short-lived interludes of colder conditions remain possible.
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