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bbc news, darvel. time for a look at the weather. here s tomasz schafernaker. another day of contrasts across the uk. let s look at the temperatures. first thing in the morning we were shivering in rural oxfordshire. temperatures down to minus nine. but it warmed up to 16 in the afternoon. mild south westerly winds coming in go over the mountain, they dry out the other side of the mountain and the other side of the mountain and the sunshine comes out. the next few days, the temperatures will be back to average. we are going to lose the frost as well. tomorrow morning, still around minus four in a few spots, but if you look at that into next week, temperatures will be generally above freezing. here is the forecast towards tomorrow morning, the frost toward southern areas. but in the north it hasn t been that cold. the culture and sweeping in from the north and there will be rain for a time in the north before the sunshine comes out. the temperature is 10 degrees in belfast and