Thursday
A cold Thursday with widespread morning frost; higher pressure west and lower pressure to the east. Showers continue around western, northern and eastern coasts, some wintry, especially in Scotland and along North Sea coasts where some hail may fall. Drier inland with sunny spells, perhaps widely sunny in western parts. Showers around windward facing coasts of Ireland, but dry and sunny inland. Showers will ease in the west afternoon. Highs at 3 to 5C though upland areas of northern England and Scotland will struggle to rise above freezing.

Thursday Night
A ridge of high pressure builds over all areas overnight which will keep skies clear and bring a slow easing to the showers in western areas. Showers will continue to impact north and eastern areas, though these will slowly ease as well in the later overnight hours. A cold brisk wind in the southeast. Very cold with lows of -3 to 0C, much colder in upland areas in the north.

Friday
A ridge of high pressure affecting many areas on Friday. Fair with good spells sunshine and a morning frost across Britain. Ireland starts cloudier, this cloud pushing east into western Scotland, then rain in the afternoon in west Ireland and Scotland; snow over the Scottish Highlands. Southeast England stays sunny. Highs at 2C in northern Scotland, up to 5C for most though 8C in southwest England. The west coast of Ireland may reach up to 10C late in the day.

Saturday
A band of rain passes east-to-west across England and Wales on a brisk wind in southern areas. West of the band of rain, some brighter spells, particularly in northeastern areas, though always a risk of showers driving in again from the west, particularly northwest England and west Scotland. A milder day with high temperatures at 5 to 9C, up to 11C in southwest England.