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| Snow and ice weather warnings will finally end for Scotland and the north on Monday, but wintery showers will remain a fixture of the UK’s weather as strong wind warnings pick up across northern parts this week. | Snow and ice weather warnings will finally end for Scotland and the north on Monday, but wintery showers will remain a fixture of the UK’s weather as strong wind warnings pick up across northern parts this week. |
| Met Office meteorologist Krista Mitchell said that “decent spells of sunshine” will be seen across the UK on Monday, with rain gradually easing through the day before generally becoming confined to western areas by the afternoon, with the weather feeling “quite cold and breezy”. | Met Office meteorologist Krista Mitchell said that “decent spells of sunshine” will be seen across the UK on Monday, with rain gradually easing through the day before generally becoming confined to western areas by the afternoon, with the weather feeling “quite cold and breezy”. |
| The snow and ice weather warning for Scotland and the north of England will be lifted by midday, but temperature lows on Monday night of between -1 and -2 degrees Celsius will see “widespread frost” across the UK after the coldest night of the week, though temperatures in the north of Scotland may drop as low as -5. | The snow and ice weather warning for Scotland and the north of England will be lifted by midday, but temperature lows on Monday night of between -1 and -2 degrees Celsius will see “widespread frost” across the UK after the coldest night of the week, though temperatures in the north of Scotland may drop as low as -5. |
| Tuesday will start off dry but strong winds and rain will move from the west of Scotland and the west of Northern Ireland south eastwards throughout the day. | Tuesday will start off dry but strong winds and rain will move from the west of Scotland and the west of Northern Ireland south eastwards throughout the day. |
| The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for strong winds across Scotland, Northern Ireland, the north of Wales and the north of England. These areas will also see heavy and wintery showers leading to snow over higher areas across mountains around 200 to 300 metres, with sleet expected at lower levels. | |
| Showers will continue across western parts of the UK on Thursday with the best parts of drier, brighter weather expected in the east. Later in the day and pushing into Friday will be a band of rain gradually moving across the country, before this begins to clear at the end of the week. | Showers will continue across western parts of the UK on Thursday with the best parts of drier, brighter weather expected in the east. Later in the day and pushing into Friday will be a band of rain gradually moving across the country, before this begins to clear at the end of the week. |
| The UK will largely see average temperatures for December this week, with highs of between 6 and 7 degrees and lows of around 1 degree Celsius, though Monday night will dip below this. | The UK will largely see average temperatures for December this week, with highs of between 6 and 7 degrees and lows of around 1 degree Celsius, though Monday night will dip below this. |
| “It’s going to feel rather cold this week, with wintery showers throughout the week, especially in the mountainous areas of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales,” Ms Mitchell said. | “It’s going to feel rather cold this week, with wintery showers throughout the week, especially in the mountainous areas of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales,” Ms Mitchell said. |