the met office has named storm arwen which will have strong winds, severe gales and spells of rain, sleet and snow and it will turn colder as well. it s a cold day today. a lot of dry weather, sunshine, good visibility but windy in the west, the east and the north. that wind driving in showers, most of which will be rain, some of them still wintry across the highlands. you might see wintriness in the hills in northern ireland and the north york moors. 0vernight, rain gathering across the north west will continue to push steadily southwards. the wind is going to pick up across scotland, northern ireland and the irish sea and increasingly will see wintry showers of low levels in scotland as well. clear skies in the southeast with some frost. this area of low pressure is storm arwen and it s going to be moving slowly southwards. the isobars tell you
fair bit of sunshine. these are the temperatures, four to nine degrees. cloud and rain gathering already in the north west will start to push south overnight, some wintriness behind it even to lower levels in parts of scotland, and the wind will become a feature of the weather because part of scotland, northern ireland and the irish sea. clear skies in the south east means they will have a touch of frost but we will have a touch of frost but we will start with sunshine. that will be short lived because the weather front will push southwards. if we follow the weather front round, it wraps around the low pressure bringing some more snow across northern and western scotland. some of that will be at low levels. further south, some showers could be wintry on the hills. tomorrow the wind will be a feature again. the bet office has a weather warning out for the wind across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. widely, gusts 50 to 60 miles an houra england. widely, gusts 50 to 60 mi
and getting in there early, the northern lights put on a spectacular display in the skies in scotland last night, and many of our weather watchers were able to capture some, well, stunning views. to find out more about the northern lights, what they are and how they happen, and also to see more pictures from last night, head to our website, bbc.co.uk/weather. now, the chance is there to see them again tonight. however, look at all the cloud that s moving into those parts of the uk most likely to see them, so only very limited opportunities tonight with all that cloud cover arriving. until then, some sunshine to be had this afternoon nice to see some blue sky in cumbria after the rain last week. there are some showers to be had running down north sea coastal counties, a few inland to east anglia, south east england. some to pembrokeshire, to cornwall, one or two for northern ireland, and outbreaks of rain gathering with thicker cloud into the far north west of scotland. is advertised
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