General Synopsis at 12:00hrs for the UK for the next five days: Friday: A deep Low pressure "Storm Ingrid" close to SW England. Further bands of rain crossing the country. Cold enough for Snow Scottish hills. Rather cold Scotland. Average to rather mild the rest of the UK. Windy generally but very windy with gusts to 60mph in SW England and SW Wales later in the day. Saturday: Storm Ingrid over the SW of Ireland with a ESE air flow across the UK. Showers with hill Snow over Scotland. Moderate to heavy rain SW England. Dry in remaining areas. Winds to gentle to moderate breezes inland. Rather cold to average across the UK. Sunday: Low pressure to NW of Ireland and another over SW England into France. Showers in the W of the UK. Wintry showers Scotland. Windy around coasts but gentle breezes inland. Cold to rather cold generally. Monday: Low pressure pushing into W Ireland with rain and hill sleet and Snow over the Midlands moving NE and stalling over the Midlands and S Yorkshire. Heavy Snow Yorkshire and the N Midlands. Rain in the S Midlands and the SE. Windy generally. Cold to rather cold but turning mild in the far S later. Tuesday: Low pressure moving along the channel pushing rain and hill sleet slowly N. Snow over N Midlands, S Yorkshire N England turning to rain or sleet as the day goes on. Windy in the N with gusts to 50mph along NE coasts. Windy in the channel with gusts to 60mph Very cold to rather cold across the country.
Local Summary for the next five days: A sudden change in the models again tonight bringing the cold air in again so confidence is low from Monday. Temperatures average to Saturday then turning cold from Sunday. Unsettled with rain at times and now the spell of Snow for MOnday looks to be rather major rather than a brief transient spell. Tuesdays sees any snow turn to rain but still a cold day. Winds light to gentle breeze.
Thursday evening and night: Barometer at 18:00hrs 986mb falling slowly. Temperatures 5C. Winds a light E breeze. The evening and night see further outbreaks of rain these finally clearing by morning. Winds a light SSE breeze. Overnight low 5C to 6C so rather mild to mild.
Friday: The last working starts dry and cloudy. Temperatures 6C to 7C. Winds a gentle ESE breeze. A dry cloudy morning but light showery rain by midday lasting into the afternoon. Winds a gentle ESE breeze. Temperatures 6C to 7C so average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 986mb rising. The evening soon turning dry. The night dry but cloudy. Winds a gentle ESE breeze. Overnight low 4C to 5C so average to rather mild.
Saturday: The new weekend dawns dry and cloudy. Temperatures 5C to 6C. Winds a gentle ESE breeze. A dry mostly cloudy day. Winds a gentle SE breeze. Temperatures 6C to 8C so average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 996mb steady. The evening and night mostly dry and fairly cloudy. Overnight night low 3C so average with a patchy ground frost. Winds a gentle SE breeze.
Sunday: A dry cloudy start. Winds a gentle ESE breeze. Temperatures 4C. A dry cloudy day. Winds a gentle E breeze. Temperatures 4C to 5C so rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1002mb steady. The evening dry and night dry and cloudy. Winds a light ENE breeze. Overnight low 1C to 2C. So average. A widespread ground frost.
Monday: A dry cloudy welcome to the new week. Winds a light E breeze. Temperatures 2C to 3C. A dry cloudy day. Winds a gentle SE breeze. Temperatures 3C to 4C so cold to rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1000mb falling. The evening dry and cloudy The night sees rain, sleet and hill snow arrive becoming heavy with the rain turning to Snow even at low levels. Winds a gentle to moderate E breeze. Overnight low -1C to 0C so rather cold with a widespread air and ground frost.
Tuesday: A cold wintry start with moderate to heavy rain and sleet still some Snow on the higher ground. Winds a light SSW breeze. Temperatures 1C to 3C. Any Snow turning to light rain and clearing by the afternoon. Winds a light and variable breeze. Temperatures 1C in the N or the region to 5C in the south So very cold to rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 984mb rising. The evening sees a band of rain and hill sleet arriving by the evenings end. The night sees further outbreaks of rain and sleet perhaps wet snow later in the peak district. Winds a gentle ENE breeze. Overnight low 3C so average.