09/01/2018 BBC Weather

going to be towards the weekend, on

the cool side with cloud around and

limited amounts of

the cool side with cloud around and

limited amounts of sunshine. Here is

Matt Taylor with the national.

Good evening. Over the last 24 hours

we have seen snow in the Sahara,

snow as deep as I am tall falling in

the space of one day in alpine

regions, that's led to an extreme

avalanche risk and lots of travel

problems in the area. For us, we

have had a grey as far as the eyes

can see. What is happening out

there? We have had cold air across

in the US and Canada, that's helped

to fire up an active jet stream,

close towards us it's been dipping

south, taking the interesting

weather with it, leaving us in a

no-man's-land where nothing changes

in any great hurry. Even tonight,

this weather front which will bring

some big changes for a few tomorrow,

it's only slowly pushing eastwards,

not much wind on it. Patchy rain or

drizzle by the time it reaches

Scotland. Clearing skies, Northern

Ireland, Wales and the south-west,

there could be frost into tomorrow

morning. Dense patches of fog,

particularly in Northern Ireland

where it could be icy first thing.

But at last a return to sunnier

skies. Northern and central and

eastern England and a good part of

Scotland, you will start with grey

again. Outbreaks of rain or drizzle.

And that means more of you will see

sunshine by this stage and with

winds lighter and the sun out it's

going to feel better than it has

done the last few days. Maybe

showers to the south-west to end the

day. It will stay wet into tomorrow

night across parts of north-east

Scotland. For most with light winds

it's going to be a different problem

to take us through the night and

into Thursday. A widespread frost

will develop and we will see dense

patches of fog. Thursday and Friday

morning that could be the big

commuting nightmare. On Thursday

Northern Ireland, maybe parts of

central and southern England could

be murky and one or two under that

fog all day. Away from the lingering

fog it will remain chilly. Most will

see sunny spells. After a colder

night it will feel fairly chilly. As

it will do on Friday. Frost and fog

potentially, this time central and

eastern parts. For some a brighter

day so far this week. In the west

the breeze picks up on Friday, rain

spreads to Northern Ireland and that

weather front dries to push

eastwards through to the weekend but

not much wind on it again, grey

skies to the weekend.