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Feeling chilly with showers at times, wintry over the hills.
A changeable day with a mixture of sunny spells and cloudier periods. Scattered showers developing, these locally heavy and wintry especially over the hills. It will feel cold in the northerly breeze. Maximum temperature 8 °C.
Showers becoming more isolated this evening but still wintry at times, mainly over higher ground. Winds easing and turning mostly dry and cold with frost and patchy ice developing overnight. Minimum temperature -1 °C.
Mainly dry first thing with sunny spells. Cloud amounts increasing with a scattering of showers developing, these perhaps wintry in places. Not quite as breezy, but still feeling chilly. Maximum temperature 8 °C.
Showers are possible on Friday, locally heavy and wintry. Largely fine this weekend, with some sunshine at times. Staying chilly with overnight frosts, but feeling pleasant in any afternoon sunshine.
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