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weather. things now look and feel very different. beautiful blue skies overhead here in county antrim but some strong wind feeding in wintry showers. we continue to bring wind down all the way from the arctic. cold air stays with us through the next few days. the picture shows this mesh rash of wintry showers along the coast and parts of scotland, those showers still mostly falling at low levels even as snow. elsewhere a mixture of sleet and snow and some showers feeding into some north sea coasts. windy for all of us especially around the coasts, up of us especially around the coasts, up to 50 miles an hour in places. temperatures reading between three and 7 degrees but factoring in the strength of the wind it feels colder than that. during this evening and tonight the wind using a little, we keep some showers going in western and northern parts where there is the risk of some ice. and temperatures dropping away widely below freezing, perhaps down to 8 in parts of the ....
And south west. heading into the weekend the milder air trying to come in from the west. that will make some inroads but will be slow to reach southern and eastern parts of the uk. so for the weekend the further north and west you are it will start to feel a bit milder with some rain at times, further south and east mostly dry and remaining decidedly chilly. a reminder of our top story. more disruption to nhs services as nurses staged a two day strike across england in their dispute about pay. that s all from the bbc news at one, so it s goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. ina good afternoon. im laura mcghie. ....