:00:00. > :00:10.John Hammond has the weather for the rest of the country.
:00:11. > :00:15.According to one man-made definition, spring begins in a
:00:16. > :00:22.couple of days, but in reality weather does it own thing at its own
:00:23. > :00:26.pace. This was taken in Midlothian, a funny old day, some lovely
:00:27. > :00:31.rainbows, downpours, burst of sunshine, and out of the breeze it
:00:32. > :00:34.felt a little bit springlike. At the moment we have clusters of cloud
:00:35. > :00:40.crossing the country, generating wintry showers, clearer gaps in
:00:41. > :00:43.between allowing sunshine by day, but overnight that means dropping
:00:44. > :00:49.temperatures, already a frost in some places. Further wintry showers
:00:50. > :00:53.particularly out West, one or two making it further east, with some
:00:54. > :00:57.ice around first thing in the morning, temperatures falling away,
:00:58. > :01:00.close to freezing or just above in the larger towns and cities. There
:01:01. > :01:05.will be frost particularly through parts of Scotland first thing in the
:01:06. > :01:09.morning, watch out for ice, and rain pushing into the far west of
:01:10. > :01:14.Scotland, Northern Ireland. Snow on high ground, down to lower levels
:01:15. > :01:20.across the Irish Sea, this is a deadlock in the morning. Across the
:01:21. > :01:27.West, a fair bit of cloud, a breeze, but further east it will be cold,
:01:28. > :01:33.some ice, but plenty of sunshine. Don't rely on that sun, because we
:01:34. > :01:38.will see showers moving from west to east across England and Wales, so it
:01:39. > :01:42.starts off sunny, a period of showers, brightening up across Wales
:01:43. > :01:45.and western England, but northern England will be great, damp and
:01:46. > :01:49.chilly for much of the afternoon. Brightening up for Northern Ireland,
:01:50. > :01:54.the best sunshine across central and northern parts of Scotland. And
:01:55. > :01:57.nowhere will be one, single figures. Into the night, with clearing skies,
:01:58. > :02:01.it will be cold with a touch of frost around by Wednesday morning,
:02:02. > :02:05.wintry showers for the North of Scotland, then this little player
:02:06. > :02:08.arrives through the course of Wednesday, pushing rain up into
:02:09. > :02:13.southern counties, perhaps central areas through the day. Snow on the
:02:14. > :02:16.northern fringe of that perhaps. Through the rest of the week, a
:02:17. > :02:20.strong jet stream across southern areas will propel blobs of blue
:02:21. > :02:25.across the country, periods of rain, a little kink in the jet stream
:02:26. > :02:27.could push rain further northwards, hitting the cold air, a risk a star.
:02:28. > :02:29.A lot of uncertainty (Whatever happens,
:02:30. > :02:31.stay close to me.) MUSIC: Perfect
:02:32. > :02:34.by Mason vs Princess Superstar # Four, three, two, one
:02:35. > :02:37.One, two, three, whoo! # Let me hear you scream
:02:38. > :02:40.if you want some more... # # Watch me work it
:02:41. > :02:58.I'm perfect... # and then people have to pay
:02:59. > :03:00.to guess who it is?