towards the south—west of england, south wales, and stays reasonably sunny to western parts of scotland. elsewhere, sunshine, a few breaks here and there, but the cloud thick enough for a few light showers. temperatures up again a little bit on today. by friday, after a cold night across scotland and northern ireland with some mist and fog. some of that fog will linger all day. temperatures struggling to get above freezing. a lot more cloud elsewhere. but unlike what we are going to see over the next few days, eastern scotland will be favoured for the sunshine as winds start to come in from a slightly more westerly direction. that's as our high pressure shifts and then eventually splits this weekend, introducing weather fronts from the north, which will bring a few rain, maybe sleet, showers initially, but increasingly snow flurries as we go into sunday. so it will turn colder again as we go through the weekend, especially across the north. still plenty of cloud around, though, for many, and the chance ofjust one or two rain or sleet showers. but a greater chance of snow next week as cold northerly winds to begin with and then areas of low pressure push their way in. there is the chance of some more widespread and disruptive snow.