02/02/2012 BBC Weather

It will be a frosty start but temperatures will lift in the

Sunshine. Anywhere we have had a shower it might turn icy. These are

the values in towns and cities. If we show you the rural temperatures,

they will be below freezing. A very cold day on Friday. Heavy snow

showers as part of Kent and Sussex and it may cause problems for the

morning rush-hour but they should fizzle out. For the majority it is

a sunny day. Clouding over parts of Northern Ireland and the Western

Isles of Scotland with rain arriving here. But for much of

northern Scotland and northern England there will be sunny spells.

The Sunshine is barely getting the temperatures above freezing.

Peaking at three decrees at the best. In the afternoon there could

be a few snow flurries getting into Norfolk. In the evening we are

expecting cloud to bring more snow across East Anglia, parts of Kent,

a few centimetres and possibly heading towards the London area.

The main focus has to be what is happening out West. Rain across

Northern Ireland, tied into this weather system. It is bringing in

mild air of the Atlantic and because it is coming in off the

Atlantic it is bringing moisture. As it bumps across the cold air,

which looks like it is not shifting anywhere, it is when they meet we

could see some such -- significance no fault. Maybe transients across

northern Britain but it may grind to a halt and bring significant