Issued: 1000hrs Sunday 4th January 2026
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Several low pressure systems bring spells of wind and precipitation.

Staying generally cold but turning unsettled as low pressure systems sweep east from the Atlantic. Southern parts may see temperatures moderate for periods, though this associated with rain and wind. Likely staying cooler north, precipitation often snowy in Scotland.

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Wednesday 7/1/26
Wednesday starts dry for many, some snow showers into north and northeast coasts. A frontal system soon brings rain to western Ireland, this spreading widely with local sleet/snow and reaching west Britain through afternoon, continuing further east into night. Precipitation largely falls as snow/sleet in northern areas, rain to the south. The east of England stays dry during daylight. Highs at 2 to 4C for most but up to 9C in the far southwest and west Ireland.

Thursday 8/1/26
Patchy precipitation lingers in northwestern areas on Thursday. Dry in most central and east parts, locally brighter in the northeast. Wind and rain increasingly present in the southwest, which may spread more widely into southern parts of Ireland and England. Highs at 8C in the southwest, 2 to 4C in other areas.


 

Friday 9/1/26
A deeper area of low pressure moving east through southern Ireland, Wales, central and southern England. The northern side of the low brings a significant area of snow, whilst the southern side is wet and milder. Much uncertainty about the track of the low. Chance drier with sunny spells for Scotland. Very windy with a risk of gales. Highs at 1 to 3C in northern areas, 7C in the south.

Saturday 10/1/26
A weak ridge of high pressure in the morning on Saturday: bright for a time in central and eastern areas with broken cloud. More low pressure sweeps in from the west, brining widespread rain and wind to Ireland, reaching Britain late in the day. Highs at 0 to 3C, but rising to 6C or higher in southwest areas late in the day.


 

Sunday 11/1/26
A front sweeps east on Sunday morning, bringing rain and sleet to most, snow in upland northern areas. Showers and bright spells follow the rain, most of the showers in western areas. Very windy with a risk of gales. Highs at 2 to 5C for most, locally up to 8C southernmost areas.

Monday 12/1/26
Monday is windy with spells of showers into western areas. A few broader areas of rain may track northward as well. Bright between spells of precipitation. Highs of 1C north to 9C south.