here s louise lear. hi there. we quite literally have had everything bar the kitsch sink so far this march. it is often nope as the transition from winter into spring and it can be turbulent so i want to start off with a snapshot of newcastle throughout the week, this could be any city across the country, and look at this roller coaster ride. today mild wet and windyer tomorrow the cold air is set to return, we could see further wintry showers and then mild wet and windy by the time we head towards the weekend. what an earth is going off? well, at the moment this is frontal system is the dividing line between very mild and very windy weather down to the south and some what colder with a northerly component returning and pushing down from scotland, that is going to move steadily southwards as we go through the remendser of day. yes it is rain and snow, across scotland, at the moment, it is a showery mix, some of the showers sharp, across england and wales, and northern ireland
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september across many parts of the country right now. the weather tends to change. the rain comes and goes, but as far as the temperatures go, up but as far as the temperatures go, up to 21 degrees in one or two spots across the south east and 17 in edinburgh. all down to this current of warm air spreading in from the south, notjust over us but many parts of western europe. in france at the moment, some spots are in the mid to high 20s. here is that rain that swept across the country earlier. it has now mostly moved to the north and out to the north sea. behind it is the low grade crowd thatis behind it is the low grade crowd that is still hanging around in a few areas. we will call it bright spells rather than sunny spells for most of us. the exception is in east anglia and the south east where it is really lovely. 21, possibly 22 degrees. in the north of the country and scotland, a bit more clout and spots of rain and the mid to high teens. clear spells for a time this even