:00:09. > :00:12.Good evening. You might be pleased to hear that the end of the cold
:00:12. > :00:16.snap is in sight, but not one I tell you we will be replaced by
:00:16. > :00:20.heavy rain, gale-force winds and some flooding. Let's stick with the
:00:20. > :00:24.cold weather, and through the night, ice is the main hazard across the
:00:24. > :00:27.UK. We have seen a bit more snow than expected today across central
:00:27. > :00:30.and southern areas and there are more showers to come, but they will
:00:30. > :00:34.fade away across the Midlands, Wales and southern England through
:00:34. > :00:39.the night. Otherwise it is just cold, a few holes in the cloud.
:00:39. > :00:44.Whether cloud clears, temperatures will drop. A fair bit of cloud
:00:44. > :00:48.across southern parts, not dropping much beyond freezing. But even so
:00:48. > :00:53.close enough for the risk of the ice extending in the early part of
:00:53. > :00:56.the day. Generally a dry start, albeit cloudy. Where we have the
:00:56. > :01:01.brakes, some cloak -- low temperatures, and that certainly
:01:01. > :01:04.the case across the Scottish Highlands, and may be freezing fog
:01:04. > :01:08.here and there. If you do get freezing fog it will struggle to
:01:08. > :01:14.clear. But there are lots of positives about Thursdays weather.
:01:14. > :01:18.It should be dry, so don't worry about snow, and more of the
:01:18. > :01:26.sunshine breaking through, a welcome change after the grey skies
:01:26. > :01:29.of recent days. But in the sunshine temperatures won't pick up much.
:01:29. > :01:34.But they are only Peking just above freezing, and a cold night on
:01:34. > :01:38.Thursday. Then battle commences on Friday. The Kohl there is sitting
:01:38. > :01:43.around Europe and it will be attacked by a mild Atlantic air --
:01:43. > :01:48.the cold air. To that is where we get the weather front and where the
:01:48. > :01:52.action is going on. Milder in the West, 5, 6, even eight degrees, but
:01:52. > :02:00.further east, the cold air well handled and then it will turn to
:02:00. > :02:03.snow widely. The further east you are, the more disrupted the snow
:02:03. > :02:08.might be, but there is still potential problems through the end
:02:08. > :02:12.of the week. Finally through Friday into Saturday the front staggers
:02:12. > :02:17.away towards the east, but look at this, lining up in the Atlantic a
:02:17. > :02:21.low pressure area which will shove in the changes through the weekend.
:02:21. > :02:24.The temperatures rise across the board through the weekend but heavy