further snow flurries, barely above freezing, whereas we could had an incredibly mild 15 degrees across south east england. rain here, though, to start the evening clears away to showers. another batch of heavy rain then works its way northwards. and by the time we hit midnight, the winds really picking up. quite a blustery end to the year across southern and western parts with gales in places. but there will be some starry skies, just one or two showers around. different story newcastle, carlisle, belfast, some heavy rain here and glasgow and edinburgh by midnight you could be seeing some rain and sleet push its way in. a pretty cold feel across much of scotland, with some ice already developing in northern areas just one or two wintry showers. now, the temperature plummeting here, that area of rain pushing northwards into the cold air, more significant snowfall across the hills, even to low levels in central and northern scotland later. temperatures could get down to minus seven,
temperatures today ranging from seven in the north to around 12 as we push down towards the south. through this evening and overnight, a band of rain, hill snow and sleet continue to push northwards across scotland. you can see how we have got this weather front here, that is going to bring some rain moving from the west towards the east through the course of the night and easing by the end of the night and it is still going to be windy, so we are not anticipating any issues with frost. tomorrow, then, we pick up this band of rain here. you can see we still do very much have it and if anything, it is going to be merging with some more showers and the whole lot is going to be pushing from the west towards the east, falling as snow on higher ground across the grampians and highlands, and potentially too the tops of the pennines. but there will be a lot of dry weather as we can further south and east with fewer showers. temperatures tomorrow down a touch on today s, so feeling a little bi
down a touch on today s, so feeling a little bit cooler, still windy. on friday it is pretty wet to start the day, we have got rain pushing northwards and also eastwards, some hill snow for a time. as the rain clears it will brighten up, we will see some sunshine but there still could be some heavy showers across parts of south west scotland, north west england and also northern ireland, and temperatures up a little bit, but don t forget, still going to be windy. then on new year s eve, hogmanay, we are looking at further showers. some of those will be wintry, mostly on high ground in the north, but in some of the heavier ones, we could see that down at low levels for a time. and we have also got this band of rain in southern areas which will be moving northwards through saturday and into sunday.
pope francis has visited pope emeritus benedict after revealing he is very sick and asking catholics to pray for him. hello again. as we go through the next few days, up to the end of this year, the weather remains unsettled. we are looking at spells of heavy rain, we have got that today. it is going to be windy, especially so on friday, and there will also be some snow on the hills in the north. so if you are on the move, don t forget you can find out what the weather is going to be like for yourjourney, where you are going, or indeed where you are, on our bbc weather app. now this morning, we have seen a lot of rain around and through the course of this afternoon, it is going to be continuing to push out of most of england, northern ireland
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