Monday 17/11/03 to Tuesday 18/11/03
South-eastern parts will have a dry start to Monday with some early sunny spells. Elsewhere cloud will be thickening with rain spreading across much of Northern Ireland and Scotland. Wales and Northern England will also have showery outbreaks of rain, some heavy, but it will become largely dry during the afternoon if rather cloudy. Northern parts will be rather wet for much of the day, with low cloud over the hills. Winds will become strong in the north, mostly light elsewhere. Overnight, many places will remain cloudy and damp with further rain, but it will be very mild. On Tuesday, early rain will clear from eastern parts then much of England and Wales will have a dry day with occasional sunny spells, although there will be a lot of cloud around. Northern Ireland and much of Scotland will have thicker cloud with outbreaks of rain for much of the day, some heavy. It will remain rather windy here, with the risk of gales around the coasts later. Breezy elsewhere but mild.

Wednesday 19/11/03 to Thursday 20/11/03
A band of cloud and outbreaks of rain will move very slowly southwards across Wales, Ireland, northern and central England. There will be some heavier bursts around, although it will become lighter and patchier. To the south of this, mostly dry but rather cloudy with only occasional sunny spells. Northern Ireland and western Scotland will also have some sunny spells, with scattered showers in places. Rather breezy everywhere. On Thursday, more weather fronts will sweep across all parts, bringing a period of rain south-eastwards. Some of the rain will be heavy, but will tend to become lighter and more patchy in the south. Winds will become north-westerly behind the rain, allowing it to become a little cooler across Scotland and Ireland later. Staying mild in the south.

Friday 21/11/03 to Sunday 23/11/03
Staying rather unsettled on Friday, with rain clearing southwards to be replaced by brighter skies and showers. It will feel much cooler, with winds coming from the north to north-west. Northern and western parts will see most of the showers, with some southern parts having a mostly dry afternoon. The weekend looks set to stay unsettled, with sunny spells and showers on Saturday. Sunday will have longer spells of rain, perhaps turning wintry over the hills and mountains in Scotland. Overnight frost will form in sheltered parts, but on the whole it will be too windy for much frost or fog to form. At present, the extent to the cooler weather is uncertain, and more detail will be given on this in the next forecast update.