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Morning rain clearing to sunshine and showers.

Today:

Cloud and rain with snow affecting highest peaks, clearing away eastwards by late morning. Sunny spells developing, with blustery heavy showers and a risk of snow on high ground. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Tonight:

Remaining windy for most with showers, perhaps merging to a spell of rain across the Pennines. Driest weather later in the night especially across eastern areas with some clear spells. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

Sunday:

Sunshine and chance of showers for Sunday, these potentially heavy. A windy day with temperatures mostly around average, but overnight frost is possible. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Sunshine and showers likely for Monday, with heavy downpours by afternoon. Drier by evening. Tuesday and Wednesday cloudier with occasional rain and breezy, but milder with slightly above average temperatures.

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, but parts of the south 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.