Scotland

Following evening showers, tonight turns clear and fairly cold with a widespread frost as well as icy stretches developing due to wet ground. Lows tonight range from 2C in towns and cities to -2 to -4C in rural areas.

The clear skies give way to a bright and largely sunny Saturday to come but it’s not going to feel all that warm. Highs range from just 3C in the sheltered Highland Glens to 5, maybe 6C in the Central Lowlands.

Tomorrow night will see a cold first half of the night but clouds roll up from the south and rain will soon follow, most of the rain will affect more eastern parts, drier in the west.

A damp and showery day on Sunday with a westerly breeze, rains clear from the east out in the North Sea. High’s 4-7C.

England

Following a much improved day throughout England, the bright and sunny skies of today will widely give way to a clear, cold and frosty night to come with rural areas widely dipping to near or slightly below freezing. Towns and cities from Carlisle to Birmingham drop to between 2-4C, further south, skies will remain cloudier.

By morning, clouds marking the leading edge of the next troublemaker will advance northwards from the channel, eventually spreading rain into all of Southern England, through the morning these rains turn heavy, persistent and widespread and as the rain band works north, the flooding concerns are raised as 1-2 inches may accummulate over the next 24 hours.

The rain will eventually reach northern England later in the day after a bright and sunny day, although it will be cool at just 4 or 5C.

Into tomorrow night and early Sunday morning and the emphesis turns from heavy rain to strong winds. Gales will batter the coast during the first part of Sunday with gusts to near 70 mph on the coast, 60 mph inland and with the saturated ground, these winds will pull down trees.

The bulk of the rains lift north during Sunday with clearing on the backside across the South.

Wales

It was a much more pleasant day throughout Wales and with clear skies and light winds tonight, many parts will get down close to or just below freezing. Mist, fog and frost will form through the overnight.

During Saturday morning, clouds increase from the south and eventually those rains arrive with a freshening wind too. Through the day, the rain turns heavy and covers much of the country. Further flooding is a concern given the persistence as well as how heavy this will will be and it is falling on already saturated ground.

By Saturday evening, the rains clear from the south but they will linger in the north into early Sunday before clearing.

Daytime highs Saturday and Sunday remain chilly at just 5-8C, lows -2 to +3C tonight, 4-6C tomorrow night.

Northern Ireland

Today was largely fine but cold and that is the general theme over the next 24 hours. Tonight, under clear skies and light winds will see a nation-wide frost with lows ranging from 0 to -4C, so this may be one of the colder night’s so far. Tomorrow and it’s a brigh, sunny and very pleasant late autumn day although do wrap up warm as it will feel distinctly cold. Highs only 3-5C. Tomorrow night may see rain and wind spread up from the south and east but another clear and cold night for the north and west.

Sunday looks fine, dry and bright but cold once again.

Ireland

A bright and largely sunny day but cold at just 4-6C across Ireland today. Clear, cold and frosty tonight with lows ranging from 1-3C in towns and cities to 0 to -4C in rural areas.

Tomorrow will be another fine, dry and sunny day for most, feeling cold at similar temps from today. The fly in the ointment will be southern and easternmost counties which may see more cloud and even rain as a weather system to the south nears.

Tomorrow night again will be clear, cold and frosty.

Sunday will see cloud and any rain in eastern areas clear but cloudier and wetter weather pushes up from the southwest ahead of yet another weather system.