UK weather outlook: Cold snap ends with warmer days ahead. But rain and brisk winds in the northwest

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00:00A change in wind direction this weekend from a cold northerly to a milder southwesterly

00:05airflow so it will feel warmer than it has done recently. There will be plenty of sunshine too

00:10to greet many parts of England and Wales on Saturday morning. Meanwhile across Scotland

00:15and Northern Ireland it will be somewhat cloudier with some patchy outbreaks of rain

00:19and it stays that way through the afternoon but later across the northwest of Scotland

00:23and Northern Ireland there will be heavier rain and stronger winds. In the sunshine it

00:28will feel pleasantly mild. Temperatures will generally be around average for the time of year

00:32for many parts of the UK. Into the night and that rain band across the northwest of the UK will

00:38slide southeastwards over Scotland, Northern Ireland and to the north and west of England

00:42and Wales by dawn. Then through Sunday the rain continues its way further southwards across much

00:48of Wales, the Midlands, Central and Eastern England becoming mostly light and patchy. The

00:52far south of England will stay mostly fine and bright. Meanwhile across Scotland and Northern

00:57Ireland Sunday will be a sunny day but there will be the risk of showers particularly

01:01across the northwest where they could be heavy and thundery.