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wintry on dartmoor. icy stretches in northern england, northern ireland, south west england and lingering fog in parts of scotland. and in parts it could linger all day. cold where you have fog. eastern scotland, eastern england will have cloud drifting in. but wintry sunshine further south i think. temperatures around 3 6. when you add in the brisk wind, especially across england and wales, it will feel colder. the wind chill making it feel like minus 2 3. but some sunshine and drier weather but still plenty of flood warnings. tonight, more cloud drifting in. east of scotland, north east england. clearer skies further south and a widespread frost. temperatures will plummet below freezing for may need to start on wednesday. through the
all the rain we haven t started 2024. still some flood warnings in force across much of northern, central and southern england but they are starting to come down in number now. it will be a cold day. temperatures as low as 10 first thing across parts of the highlands of scotland but thankfully mostly dry. some icy stretches around first high pressure holds onto my web whether today and for the next few days, keeping the weather fronts at bay. we have some areas of cloud, this in the south west is producing showers, wintry over the likes of dartmoor, could be a couple of centimetres of snow, some rain and sleet to the channel islands. most looking dry, a bit more cloud for eastern scotland, north east england, could bring an isolated shower and some lingering fog patches across the north of scotland, especially around the moray firth, temperatures can stay there below freezing. the rest of us three to 6 degrees but when you add on the wind chill, the wind coming from the northeast or e
showers. not all of them. driving our weather at the moment, winds rotating around that area of high pressure, drawing on a few showers where we have that breeze coming in from the east or the north east. particularly across the channel islands, parts of south west england, could be a couple of centimetres of snow in dartmoor, for instance. away from the south west, largely dry, some sunshine out there. a bit more cloud for north east england and scotland and parts of northern scotland particularly around the moray firth, could see some lingering fog patches all day. top temperatures around three to 6 degrees for most, but when you add on the wind chill it will feel much colder, especially across parts of england and wales, feeling sub zero with the easterly winds, but some sunshine for many today. into this evening and tonight, more cloud continues to push in across parts of scotland, some fog patches again but probably not as extensive. northern england also fairly cloudy but further
morning, it is on your mind. i love how the sleep expert is coming in at 9.20. still in bed! sarahjoins us for the weather. a bit frosty. good morning. we had plenty of wintry showers yesterday. today, fewer wintry showers so largely dry, but cold. we have widespread frost. watch out for icy stretches on untreated roads because it has been wet recently and temperatures have fallen below freezing in places. for many, temperatures around freezing. in the scottish islands, aviemore, -10. a in the scottish islands, aviemore, 10. a cold start. high pressure bringing a largely dry story for most. breezy conditions in the south. we are seeing showers in the south west of england. could be