UK weather: Cold and windy with wintry showers today

Today:

Blustery, heavy wintry showers affecting many areas, especially the west and northwest where the heaviest and most frequent showers, including some snow, will be. More persistent rain and hill snow for south Wales and parts of southern England. Feeling cold.

Tonight:

Early evening showers fading leaving clear spells for a time. Rain and windier conditions then spread across the UK, rain falling as hill snow in the north for a time.

Saturday:

Early cloud and rain, heavy at times, clearing eastwards, probably finally clearing the far east and southeast of England after dark. Brighter spells and showers, wintry over hills, follow. Windy.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Sunday dry and bright for many areas, although blustery showers in the northwest. Cloud and rain reaching all areas through Monday, clearing southeast, and brightening from the northwest through Tuesday.