Cold Arctic air will bring frost and snow, but for how long?

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Cold north-westerly Arctic air will continue to be funnelled across the UK bringing below average temperatures, a bitter feel for some, overnight frosts and even snow. How long will the cold air stick around?

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00:00Cold arctic air will continue to bring below average temperatures for the next couple of

00:06days. There's also a threat of overnight frost, hail and even snow.

00:12Plenty of sunshine though on Thursday, but a scattering of showers will develop. These

00:16will be mostly in the north and west, but will become possible quite widely during the

00:21afternoon. Some of these showers will be locally heavy, bringing hail and thunder, and may

00:27also be wintry over the Scottish hills.

00:30Staying dry and clear on Thursday night, and temperatures will drop quite widely into the

00:35single figures, possibly even to minus temperatures for some rural and elevated areas.

00:41Under light winds and these cold temperatures, some patches of frost may form.

00:47A cold start to the day then on Friday, but it will be a drier day in general with plenty

00:52of sunshine. Cloud cover will tend to thicken across Northern Ireland and Western Scotland,

00:57bringing outbreaks of rain towards the end of the day.

01:01Wet and windy though on Saturday across northern areas, but our winds will turn south-westerly,

01:07which will allow for our temperatures to recover to around the average for the time of year.

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