Today scotland has snowfall, in the days ahead colder air that spreads across the whole of the uk, the risk of snow move southwards. Here is thursday with the cold air to a north, by saturday and sunday it works right the way southwards into the north of france. Here are scotland this afternoon, still a pretty tricky travelling conditions, particularly for higher routes for the next few hours, Snow Piling Up. Rain at lower levels, central belt with a mixture of rain and sleet and snow. That persist this afternoon, snow. That persist this afternoon, Snow Piling Up in places, an easterly breeze. Feeling chilly in the wind. Towns and cities, 3 4 c, lower elsewhere. In the south, comparatively mild but thats set to change. This area of low pressure will move southwards in the coming days are bringing rain overnight insert northern ireland, Northern England or perhaps note for the pennines, persisting across scotland. Ice a consistent issue for the north of the uk to begin with on thursday.
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Is just cloud, an area of low pressure, that isjust spinning close cloud, an area of low pressure, that is just spinning close to spain and portugal, and it looks as if this might throw a wetter front northwards to provide showers in the south through the weekend. High pressure in charge for mostings but the squeeze between the high and the low giving a brisk easterly wind, particularly across central and southern parts of england and wales, those are the average wind speeds but we cost have gusts to 30 a0mph down across the Channel Islands, temperatures 22 degrees in the south. Cooler further temperatures 22 degrees in the south. Coolerfurther north temperatures 22 degrees in the south. Cooler further north and we keep a lot of cloud and the odd spot of rain in scot and tonight that cloud could work south ward and it could turn misty, a few showers starting to show their hands in the channel island, rumbles of thunder mixed in, in between clear spells and it will be a bit milder than
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