low pressure slowly starts moving eastwards into the north sea but there will be showers pretty widely overnight and it will remain breezy. a frost free nights with temperatures between 4 9 celsius. the weekend is going to be dominated by that low pressure. it might be moving out of the way but still close enough to bring in some showers. more rain on the way for the second half of the weekend. saturday s forecast, another showery day with a greater chance of seeing showers across northern ireland, parts of northern england, the midlands and east anglia. across wales and south west england the weather should become drier through the afternoon as pressure rises with a bit more sunshine to end the day. temperatures for most still on the mild side but the second half of the weekend sees some cooler air arriving across the north of the uk whereas in the south we have low pressure moving in, bringing a zone of rain across parts of england and wales. further north, we will see show
strong winds and freezing temperatures. at least 19 people have died. more than one and a half million american households and businesses are without electricity, and thousands of flights have been cancelled. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. nomia iqbal reports. for much of america, this is the coldest christmas eve. millions of them had plans to get away for the holidays. but the powerful bomb cyclone has thrown everything into chaos, causing car accidents, destroying power lines, leaving millions without electricity. the warning is, don t travel unless you need to. don t travel under these conditions unless you have to. because anything can happen at any moment, and you ve got to be on your toes. some places like new york have gone further and banned driving due to low visibility. across the region there is a state of emergency. we ve had ice, flooding, snow, freezing temperatures, and everything that mother nature could wallop a
scotland with some snow across some of the highest hills in the north of mainland scotland. temperatures around 4 6 celsius, whereas in the south, temperaturesjust around 4 6 celsius, whereas in the south, temperatures just about into double figures. a quick reminder that this weekend, the clocks change. however, the weather doesn t. next week, i should say, still looks pretty unsettled with more rain in the forecast. thank ou, more rain in the forecast. thank you. chris more rain in the forecast. thank you, chris talks more rain in the forecast. thank you, chris talks with more rain in the forecast. thank you, chris talks with the - more rain in the forecast. thank you, chris talks with the latest i you, chris talks with the latest weather specs. you, chris talks with the latest weatherspecs. you, chris talks with the latest weather specs. chris fawks. a reminder of our top story. ofsted inspections will continue despite calls for them to be paused, after a head teacher to
polite, and i spoke to the cleveland wet kiss, a musician on bbc radio london early around and we pay tribute with the song insomnia and cleveland said one of a kind, he was certainly, i put on my twitterfeed that he was the epitome of cool. i don t think we will see anyone or there was anyone cooler than maxi jazz. thank you very much indeed for that. a huge crystal palace man as well, maxi jazz, and they are going to play one of the faithless songs when they walk out on boxing day in tribute to him. next he jazz, dead at the age of 65. now on bbc news the weather with chris fawks. hello there. for most of you, the weather will continue to be pretty mild overnight tonight and for christmas day as well. mind you, we have seen some rain today, particularly across north western areas of the country. that was the weather turning rather wetter in cumbria this afternoon. and you can see the rain bearing clouds really piling into the north west of the country with some heavy bursts of rain