01/02/2018 BBC Weather

be cloudy and cold and I think there

will be a chance of

be cloudy and cold and I think there

will be a chance of Widgery shower

as you move on towards Monday. --

wintry shower as you move on towards

Monday.

I doubt many will dispute it was

felt much colder today, because of

the wind strength and direction. The

direction from the North has given

us more snow for the ski resorts in

Scotland. I suspect we will see more

pictures like that in the coming

week. The wind strength and

bails-macro have given large waves

down the North Sea coast and that

risk continues. It's where we will

see most showers during the night.

There is the greatest risk of ice.

For many others the shower risk is

diminishing through the night,

particularly western areas.

Temperatures close to freezing in

rural areas. Touch and go for frost

first thing. There could be some

sharp showers with wintry mix for

the rush in the morning in eastern

England. The greatest risk of ice,

sleet and snow, it could watch the

sole off the roads. Through the

morning showers ease. There will be

a few showers further west but

compared with the day there will be

more dry weather, some crisp

sunshine, lighter winds. It will

feel less cold than it did today.

Then we going to a pretty cold

evening and night. The showers

fading further, a little bit of fog

around and the next troublemaker

comes in for the weekend.

Troublemaker because its moisture

falling into this cold air that is

stagnating across the UK. The

uncertainty is how far east it will

get. For eastern areas with the wind

and showers tomorrow, maybe less

cold, brighter on Saturday. But for

the bulk of the country there will

be a lot of cloud and cold rain, if

not sleet and snow, particularly on

the hills. 4-5dC for most, a chilly

start for the kick-off of

start for the kick-off of the six

Nations, the first match in Cardiff.

The showers will penetrate further

south into Paris as well. Perhaps

some showers in Italy for the match

on Sunday and we increased the

chance of wintry showers in the

south-east and East Anglia.

Elsewhere in England and its cold

and grey. Good sunshine in Northern

Ireland and Scotland. We are

concerned about this north-easterly

wind feeding snow showers into the

south-east quadrant quadrant. We

have another weather front coming

in, fog in between but this is the

next system bringing its moisture

back into that cold air. Almost a

repeat performance. We will see some

snow but it is exactly where. It's

how far eased