The Met Office says a cold snap has arrived in the UK, with sleet, snow, ice and frost forecast.
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00:00Hi there. After yesterday's glorious sunshine, there is a change on the way through the next
00:04few days. It's turning cloudier and it's also going to turn much colder for many of us.
00:09That cold easterly breeze developing today bringing a lot of cloud across many parts
00:12of England and Wales. There's already some showers across the south east of England and
00:16those will spread their way westwards through the course of today. Falling is a mixture
00:19of rain, sleet and perhaps snow in places, particularly over the higher ground. Across
00:23the north and the west though, particularly northern and western parts of Scotland, here
00:27it'll be another glorious day with lots and lots of sunshine, but there will be a bit
00:31more on the way of cloud compared to Thursday across parts of Northern Ireland, for example.
00:36Here in the sunshine, it won't feel too bad for the time of year. Highs of six or seven
00:39degrees and quite light winds. But elsewhere, a much keener easterly breeze. So temperatures
00:45of five or six on the thermometer, but when you factor in that strong easterly breeze,
00:49it's going to feel more like minus one or minus two across many parts of England and
00:53Wales and especially cold on that east coast. So as we go into tonight, there are not a
00:59lot of changes really initially. A lot of cloud around across many parts of England
01:02and Wales and eastern Scotland for much of the night. An ongoing chance of some wintry
01:07showers or longer spells of rain, sleet and snow across some central and southern areas
01:10of the UK. So a few centimetres of snow is possible by the time we get to Saturday morning
01:16across the higher ground, particularly parts of Wales. So if you do have travel plans first
01:20thing on Saturday morning, stay in touch with the forecast. Further north and west
01:24though, it should stay mostly dry across western Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland as
01:28well. Here, the best of the clear skies and another widespread frost to come tonight.
01:32So temperatures minus five or minus six, perhaps in some rural areas. But you will notice it's
01:37not quite as cold across many parts of England and Wales. Temperatures mostly one or two
01:42degrees above freezing. And it is temporarily, at least through this weekend, going to turn
01:46a little bit less cold. An area of low pressure moving in from the south as we go into
01:50Saturday, bringing those cloudier and slightly less cold conditions. But high pressure always
01:55very close by across north and eastern parts of the UK, and that will allow that easterly
02:00breeze to bring back colder conditions as we go towards Monday. This weather front perhaps
02:05bringing some more frequent wintry showers for some of us. But back to Saturday then,
02:10and it's a very cloudy start to the day for many parts of England and Wales. Still, the
02:14chance of some showery outbreaks of rain, sleet and maybe hill snow too, but at lower
02:18levels at least, generally falling as rain by this point. Staying quite cloudy and dull
02:23for much of the day here, and not quite as cold as it will be today because we would
02:27have lost that really strong easterly breeze, but still cold nonetheless. Further north
02:32and west, though, a bit less breezy. And once again, it will be northwestern parts of Scotland
02:37that sees the best of the sunshine. But again, fairly chilly. Temperatures a little bit below
02:41average for the time of year even here.