Issued: 0610 Monday 13th February 2012
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

No frost until the weekend

Temperatures are expected to continue rising through this week before temporarily falling by the weekend. After a dry start, rain is expected for much of the country by mid week with snow showers around the coasts and in the north by Saturday and we lose the risk of frost until then.

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Thursday 16/02/12
Mild today. Cloudy with rain across Northern Ireland and Scotland. The rest of Britain will be fair and dry with variable cloud and sunnier spells. The rain in the north turns more heavy tonight, otherwise little change to come into the night. Highs of 8 to 9C.

Friday 17/02/12
Continued mild with a good deal of cloud across the country. Rain is expected across Northern Ireland, Scotland, northern England and later West Wales. Dry across the rest of the country. That area of rain spreads south tonight as it becomes colder in the north. Highs of 8 to 9C.
 

Saturday 18/02/12
Colder and windy across the north today with snow showers across Scotland, northern England and Wales. Rain clears the south east in the morning then dry and sunnier. A widespread frost develops tonight. Expect highs of 4 to 9C.

 
 
 

Sunday 19/02/12
A colder, windy day with snow showers across around western and eastern coasts. Dry inland with long sunny spells. Frosty in the north tonight with some rain in the south. A sharp and widespread frost tonight with rain into the south west. Expect highs of 2 to 7C.
 

Monday 20/02/12
Outbreaks of rain, perhaps preceded by a bit of hill snow spread in across England and Wales today, dry across Scotland. Highs of 3 to 6C.

Tuesday 21/02/12
Confidence is low but it looks to turn mild. Rain and drizzle is expected across much of the country. Highs of 5 to 8C.