UK weather: Less cold, mostly dry and sunny

Today:

A few wintry showers in the west and north at first otherwise most places dry with sunny periods and much lighter winds after an early frost. Strengthening winds bringing cloud and rain to the far northwest later. Less cold everywhere.

Tonight:

Mostly cloudy with patchy light rain or drizzle across Northern Ireland and Scotland where also windy with coastal gales in the far northwest. Elsewhere dry and frosty with clear spells.

Saturday:

Rather cloudy for Northern Ireland and Scotland with a little patchy rain or drizzle. Elsewhere dry and largely sunny. Windy in the west and north with gales across northwest Scotland.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Mostly fine at first, though cloudy with rain in the northwest. Rain for many on Monday; windy in the northwest at times but becoming settled again for all.