that s tending to dominate, although there is this strip of cloud coming in from the atlantic, and it looks like it could be quite cloudy for scotland and northern ireland, probably dry. most of that cloud is going to be quite high cloud. and away from here, england and wales seeing the lion s share of the sunshine. a bit of a breeze picking up perhaps in the far south east of england, but warm in the sunshine, temperatures hitting 20 or 21 celsius, particularly in the west, holding at 16 or 17 for scotland and northern ireland. and into the second half of the weekend, we ve still got a lot of cloud for scotland and northern ireland. a little or no rain around. it could well brighten up and warm up in the south east of scotland. but again, sunshine for england and wales, some fair weather cloud, and temperatures reaching 20 or 21 celsius, a little bit cooler perhaps around some of those north sea coasts. so, we ve got some decent weather on the whole for this weekend, and not a great d
parts of the south, a cold night with a widespread frost in these areas, the lowest figures of minus fourin areas, the lowest figures of minus four in scotland, but where it stays cloudy, it will be frost free, 3 6 degrees. tomorrow, extensive cloud across northern england, the south east of scotland, with light rain and drizzle for much of the day. with southern areas, more in a way of sunshine, at least for a time, also sunny skies working into the highlands and probably western counties of northern ireland. for friday, another day of chasing the cloud around, most of us will see some bright weather with sunny spells coming through, temperatures not changing too much, looking at highs of eight or nine celsius, pretty typically. on into the weekend, probably a dry day on sunny spells, thicker cloud, if eu patches of light rain coming through, but big change in the weather, next week cold northerly winds diving down
with a widespread frost in these areas, the lowest figures of minus fourin areas, the lowest figures of minus four in scotland, but where it stays cloudy, it will be frost free, 3 6 degrees. tomorrow, extensive cloud across northern england, the south east of scotland, with light rain and drizzle for much of the day. with southern areas, more in a way of sunshine, at least for a time, also sunny skies working into the highlands and probably western counties of northern ireland. for friday, another day of chasing the cloud around, most of us will see some bright weather with sunny spells coming through, temperatures not changing too much, looking at highs of eight or nine celsius, pretty typically. on into the weekend, probably a dry day on sunny spells, thicker cloud, if eu patches of light rain coming through, but big change in the weather, next week cold northerly winds diving down
although the centrepiece of the event, the traditional dropping of the ball, wasn t part of this rehearsal. you can see all of that here on bbc news on new year s eve. hello. i think you will have to make the most of the brief dry weather over the last and next few days. some windy conditions for many this morning but dry and bright weather developing for most of you. the extent of the cloud on the satellite across the atlantic, the gaps are brief. the first batch of cloud has cleared but there is the risk of further flooding cleared but there is the risk of furtherflooding in cleared but there is the risk of further flooding in south west scotland, a met office amber weather warning for heavy rain in existence here. the rivers are high, the rain clearing into the afternoon across the south east of scotland and drying up across the east after a wet lunchtime. sunny spells for many, showers across scotland and
the industry get some good news, thank you so much. those are the main stories on bbc news, we will have more at the top of the hour. do stay with us. hello. i think you ll have to make the most of the briefer dry moments we have over the next few days. still more rain to come. pretty soggy morning this morning for many with some windy conditions, but drier and brighter weather will continue to develop. for most of you, at least you ll notice from the extent of the cloud on the satellite imagery across the atlantic, i can see the gaps are fairly brief. this first batch of cloud is cleared away, but still there is that risk of further flooding in southwest scotland where we ve scotland where we ve had a met office amber weather warning out for heavy rain. the rivers, of course, continue to be high. that rain clearing away into the afternoon across the south east of scotland and drying up across other eastern areas after a wet lunchtime and then