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Most dry with sunny spells and light winds for Friday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Some showery rain spreading east this evening, mainly across the west with some high ground snow. Becoming dry with clear periods during the early hours. Cold with some frost. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Friday:

Dry in the morning with some early sunshine. Dry and cloudier in the afternoon, patchy rain spreading northeast in the evening along with strengthening southeasterly winds. Rather cold. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Mainly dry with sunny intervals and just a few showers on Saturday. More in the way of showers on Sunday and Monday.

Changeable at the start of this period with low pressure to the west or northwest of the UK. This will bring showers or longer spells of rain at times, heaviest and most persistent in the northwest together with some strong winds. The southeast is likely to be driest and brightest. Later, conditions may become drier and more settled, especially in the north and east, but parts of the south and west may still see some showers or longer spells of rain. Temperatures will likely be near to or slightly above average.

The dominant pattern during this period is most likely to be high pressure to the north and lower pressure to the south. This will probably lead to the driest, most settled weather in the north of the UK, with the south more unsettled and wetter. Temperatures will probably close to or slightly above normal overall.