UK weather: Dry and bright start in the east with wintry showers later in the day

Today:

Dry and bright start in the east, then rain moving eastwards, preceded by hill snow from central areas northwards. Blustery wintry showers following into the west later.

Tonight:

Rain clearing eastern areas in the evening, then colder with clear spells and blustery, heavy wintry showers, with snow accumulating over hills.

Friday:

Blustery wintry showers, with a risk of hail and thunder. Showers heavy and most frequent in the north and west with some snow. Eastern areas, mainly dry with sunny spells.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Windy with rain then showers for Saturday. Mostly dry with sunny spells for much of Sunday. Cloudy and very mild with rain and drizzle on Monday.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Thu 6 Jan 2022