Weather and climate change

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Cold overnight tonight with snow in places tomorrow.

This Evening and Tonight:

Cloud and rain across the far southwest extending into southern England, parts of Wales and Northern Ireland, with some snow possible over hills. Mostly dry elsewhere with some cloud, but a frost and icy patches forming by dawn.

Wednesday:

Mostly dry across Scotland and northern England with spells of sunshine. Outbreaks of rain and mainly hill snow elsewhere with southern areas becoming windy with coastal gales. Feeling cold.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Rain and snow clearing the south on Thursday leaving a mainly dry and bright day. Turning milder from Friday but with further bands of wet and windy weather moving eastwards.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Tue 17 Feb 2026

Quite changeable as Atlantic frontal systems track near or across the UK at times, bringing spells of rain, heaviest and most prolonged over high ground in the west and/or northwest, with comparatively small accumulations in more sheltered eastern and southeastern areas. It will often be quite breezy or windy, the strongest winds typically in the west or northwest. With a west or southwesterly flow tending to dominate, temperatures will likely be near or above average much of the time, especially over this weekend with some very mild conditions expected before a gradual downward trend through the final week of February back closer to average.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Tue 17 Feb 2026

Confidence is rather low through this period with regards to the weather patterns affecting the UK. The most likely outcome is a continuation of rather changeable conditions, with low pressure systems tending to pass close to or to the northwest of the UK, bringing occasional spells of wet and windy weather, especially in the north west. High pressure to the south may build across the UK at times to bring some drier, quieter interludes, this probably most frequent in the south and east. Temperatures are likely to be near or slightly above average for the period as a whole, though some relatively short-lived interludes of colder conditions remain possible.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Tue 17 Feb 2026