Weather and climate change

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Cold and breezy with showers for many eastern areas

Today:

Rather cloudy for most with some sunny intervals mainly in the west and northwest. Showers continuing to feed into eastern parts, especially from Norfolk northwards, but mostly dry elsewhere. Feeling chilly in the northeasterly breeze.

Tonight:

Cloudy for most with showers for eastern areas, particularly Norfolk northwards. Some clear spells in west but breeze keeping temperatures from falling too low. More widespread frost in northern Scotland.

Monday:

Cloudy with showers feeding into eastern areas and spreading into southeast England. Drier with good sunny spells for Scotland though northern parts still seeing showers. Staying cold and breezy.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Mostly cloudy with occasional showers Tuesday. Turning colder Wednesday and Thursday with snow showers across northern Scotland and perhaps parts of Northern Ireland and northeast England. Sunny spells elsewhere.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Sun 4 Dec 2022

It will likely continue to be cold with further showers for much of the UK, which will fall as sleet and snow across the north leading to some accumulations of snow across higher ground, showers falling as rain or sleet more likely in parts of the south. Away from coasts there will likely be a good deal of fine and dry weather with sunny spells at times in the south, but with some sharp overnight frosts expected. There is a small chance that some less cold weather and rain could push up into the extreme south later on in the forecast period. On balance, however temperatures remaining cold or very cold everywhere in the UK throughout.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Sat 3 Dec 2022

It remains very uncertain in the second half of December, but the signal for below average temperatures does weaken, especially in southern and western areas, where it could also be wetter and windier at times, with the north and east most likely to hold on to colder conditions for longest. Any transition between the cold and mild conditions would bring a risk of rain, with sleet and snow especially over the hills.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Sat 3 Dec 2022