UK weather: Met Office weekend forecast

Eight yellow cold weather alerts are in place across the UK, as low temperatures are forecast for the weekend.

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00:00Hi there. High pressure will be strongly influential across the UK this weekend

00:04but that doesn't always mean sunny or warm. Far from it. In fact with that high

00:09pressure sitting to the southeast we're actually going to draw up some chilly

00:13air across southern parts of the UK in particular and further low cloud at

00:17times as well. Meanwhile for Scotland and Northern Ireland more of a breeze and a

00:21maritime influence so not quite as chilly but still temperatures of 9, 10, 11

00:26Celsius and very windy in the far northwest of Scotland coastal gales

00:30along with a few spots of rain perhaps with this area of rain extending out

00:34towards the Atlantic. Meanwhile there will be some cloud breaks out there

00:38across the UK on Saturday afternoon. Northern England, parts of Wales, Northern

00:43Scotland favoured especially where the wind comes in from the south and breaks

00:47up the cloud over high ground but there will be low cloud around particularly

00:52towards the southeast and that low cloud coming in from a chilly continent

00:56could give a few spots of drizzle or in fact one or two snow grains but for most

01:02it's a settled Saturday albeit rather chilly out there three degrees fairly

01:08widely across England and Wales a little milder for Scotland at Northern Ireland

01:12although with an increased wind. Now into Saturday night so this weather

01:16front does become closer it moves in very slowly from the west but it comes

01:20up against high pressure which is slowly loosening its grip across the UK. However

01:25for all intents and purposes it's a very similar day on Sunday compared with

01:29Saturday we start off with a touch of frost in places perhaps as low as minus

01:33three if we get lengthy clear spells overnight most likely through northern

01:37parts of England, North Wales, Northern Scotland but where we keep the low cloud

01:41it's going to start off yeah quite chilly but frost free. A few fog patches

01:46around as well could last until the afternoon otherwise it's a very similar

01:50picture on Saturday low cloud perhaps a few spots of drizzle and snow grains two

01:55or three Celsius in the east milder in the west and the north the cloud

02:00thickens in the northwest later with outbreaks of rain slowly beginning to

02:04arrive from the Atlantic with a weakening weather front.