09/03/2018 BBC Weather

well as we head through the course

of the week. Stay tuned now for Ben

Rich with

of the week. Stay tuned now for Ben

Rich with all your national details.

Good evening. When I was standing

here this time last week many places

still had snow on the ground. What a

difference a week makes. We are

gearing up for what is going to be a

really mild weekend. Low pressure

driving the weather, sitting down

here to the south-west. You can see

the lumps of cloud circulating

around it. This cloud has brought

rain. With the low pressure situated

to the south-west we will feel in

these sorely winds and mild air

edging northwards to all parts of

the country through the weekend. The

mild air following on behind these

outbreaks of rain. Heavy rain to

Wales, northern England, Northern

Ireland and southern Scotland later

in the night. There could be snow

over the highest ground. It will

mostly be rain. The northern half of

Scotland keeps clear, starry skies

and frost. South, 11 degrees in

Cardiff and London to start the

weekend. A mild start to what will

be a mild weekend. Pretty high

temperatures. Spells of rain at

times, but not all the time. It will

be quite cloudy. Here is our area of

low pressure, the engine room

sending weather systems in our

direction. This front taking rain to

Northern Ireland, northern England

and Scotland. The rain turning to

snow over the highest hills of

Scotland. Remember there will be

milder air feeding in all the way.

This next frontal system bringing

heavy bursts of rain to south-west,

Wales and the Midlands into the

afternoon. In between the two rain

bands we could see the highest of

the temperatures. For Shetland,

Auckney and the far north of

mainland Scotland stick out into

sunshine, rain and hill snow

elsewhere across Scotland. Chilly,

10 degrees in Belfast. Outbreaks of

heavy rain for Northern Ireland,

East Angliaened a the south-east. 15

degrees for Norwich and close to

London if you get brightest. Things

will brighten up for the end of the

day to the south-west of Wales and

south-west of England. The clear

skies will spread northwards and

eastwards on Saturday night. They

will fill in with mist and fog

patches. A murky start to Sunday.

Most of that mist and murk will

clear. We will see spells of

sunshine, but showers starting to

break out down towards the south. Of

these heavy and possibly thundery.

By this stage, even Scotland in the

mild air, 10 degrees in Edinburgh a

high of 12 in London. What a

difference a week makes.