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Saturday starts dry away from the far north west. It has been a very cold night in the southern half of the UK and locally temperatures have dipped below 0C (32F). Through the day a band of wet and windy weather pushes southeastwards across Scotland and into Northern Ireland. England and Wales stay dry with sunny spells and variable amounts of cloud. 

Temperatures this afternoon range from 10C (50F) in northern Scotland to 17C (63F) in southern England. See the rain and lightning radar for the latest view.

Arpege, forecast temperatures, 16:00 BST Sat 29th September

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Tonight the band of rain pushes southwards into northern and central areas but it fragments and fades away. Showery conditions follow on behind it into Scotland. Southern and central counties of England remain dry, and in the first half of the night it will be cold under clear skies. Later on cloud spreads into central areas but the south may remain clear with some patchy frost and fog forming the morning. 

Tomorrow begins dry for most. During the day showery rain develops in Scotland and it moves southeastwards into north eastern England. It is likely to be cold enough for snow over the Scottish mountains snow. Southern and central counties have another dry day but there will be a lot of cloud early on. In the afternoon it turns brighter from the northwest.

Arpege, forecast precipitation type, 15:00 BST Sun 30th September

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Monday should be another fine day in the southern half of the UK. The north has a dry start but wet and windy weather spreads across Scotland and Northern Ireland later on. It will be quite cold.

Overnight and into Tuesday the outbreaks of rain push move down into central and southern counties, but they become increasingly patchy. Showery weather returns to the north and in the north east it could become very windy.

The rest of the week is looking changeable in the north. Southern and central Britain may see some rain but the focus is on dry weather.

GFS, forecast pressure and 500hPA heights, 16:00 BST Thu 4th October

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The southern half of the UK settled conditions for much of the time but during the middle third of October the risk of rain increases. The north has more mixed conditions but early on quite a lot of dry weather is shown. View latest GEFS.