Scotland's cold snap to ease but forecasters predict high winds and rain
12.03.2023 - 13:27
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
After days of snow and ice, Scotland's chilly temperatures will briefly get milder, but forecasters have warned of more grim weather.
It was an unsettled week for most of the country, as snow began to fall on Monday with several weather warnings in place across the UK. While the Arctic air that previously swept across the nation is to clear, conditions are predicted to remain wet and windy.
A yellow weather warning for snow and ice across central and northeast Scotland issued by the Met Office was extended until 9am on Sunday. Some snow was set to fall, confined to Shetland and the north, while elsewhere will see snow and ice begin to melt in the morning.
Speaking on Sunday's forecast, meteorologist Greg Derwhust said: "We'll see temperatures rise through the night - six, seven, eight degrees to start Sunday morning. It does mean for nice starts across parts of Scotland and northeast England first thing as the weather system moves away, it brightens up for much of a time.
"As we move through into the afternoon, outbreaks of rain pushing into northern Ireland, later into southern Scotland. Into the evening time it turns more unsettled we see this low pressure system moving in, bringing outbreaks of rain across the whole of the country. which could be heavy at times.
"Northerly winds across northern Scotland are two or three degrees, there's some icy stretches, some wintery showers to take us into Monday morning."
Tonight will be windy and wet in most areas due to rain showers. Temperatures in the north will remain cold, where there will be a possibility of snow and ice over night with a chance of up to 200m of snow fall.
Monday will see bands of rain moves erratically south, with some snow on its northern edge, where it will be