the north of scotland until the end of the day. the winds will be picking up and tonight the first batch of very strong winds comes in from that area of high pressure, gusts of 50 to 70 mph, even stronger in the most exposed locations, likely to lead to localised disruption. the strong winds will blow the band of rain north and east, the rain easing to heavy showers later in the night, cold enough for snow over the hills in scotland, mostly over 400 metres elevation. temperatures tonight between two and six celsius. further heavy outbreaks of rain tomorrow and more strong winds on the way, winds affecting wales and southern england were gust could reach 50 to 70 mph, potentially strong enough to bring down one or two trees. gusty winds for northern ireland, reaching up to 60 mph. as well as the windy conditions we have heavy outbreaks of rain, thundery showers and still cold enough for snow, any accumulation is probably limited to the higher hills above 400 metres in northern