Sunday
A dry, sunny morning for central and eastern parts of England and Scotland while a number of showers are expected in the west. These will be locally heavy and develop more widely in most areas during the course of the afternoon. Some sunshine to come as well in between showers. Across the hills of northern Scotland the showers will fall as snow. Expect highs of 5 to 7C in the north and 9 to 12C in the south.
Sunday Night
Rain spreads into Northern Ireland and south west England and western Wales this evening and becomes heavy sweeping into all parts overnight. Strong and potentially damaging winds are expected to also sweep in across Wales and southern England with gusts perhaps in excess of 80 mph around exposed western coasts. The rain will fall as heavy snow across northern parts of Scotland. Lows at -1 to 3C in the north but 4 to 8C in the south.
Monday
By Monday morning the strongest winds now should be along the channel and across south east England with severe gales likely. Still wet for most places with heavy rain which turns to snow across northern Scotland. In the afternoon the heavy rain lingers across England and Wales with showers across the north and again will be wintry over high ground. Gusts up to 70 or 80 mph may redevelop across southern Wales and south west England. Gales are expected into the evening and night across England and Wales as the winds switch around to the north west so turning colder and staying damp with more rain for most areas. Expect highs of 4 to 9C.
Tuesday
North westerly gales across eastern England will ease later this morning. Still a good deal of cloud around the United Kingdom this morning with sporadic outbreaks of rain though largely dry through the Midlands. Snow showers to continue across northern Scotland. Persistent rain in the south west sweeps north east into all parts of Britain with a risk of heavy snow across the Highlands. The rain clears this evening followed by a windy showery night with heavy snow showers down to low levels across Scotland. Expect highs of 5 to 8C across Scotland, 8 to 13C for England and Wales.