Conditions are turning colder but sunnier from midweek, with widespread ground frost expected by Friday.

The change will be noticeable from Thursday, with northerly winds bringing colder air and feeling rather breezy particularly by coastal areas making the cold a little more biting.

Despite the chill, it will be a sunny day. Showers still linger along the east coast of the UK, and in the far north of Scotland these can turn wintry with snow, sleet, and hail.

There's plenty of sunshine around for Thursday and Friday too, though with cloud cover growing slightly in western parts of Ireland and Scotland. The day begins with fairly widespread ground frost after an evening that sees sub-zero temperatures across a swathe of the UK and Ireland.

While widespread Friday, into the weekend the sub-zero nights are more contained. Friday into Saturday sees the freezing conditions more constrained across Wales and England. Slightly warmer across Ireland.

Showers become more of an issue for western and southern Ireland, as well as continuing in western Scotland. Wintry showers with snow remain restrained to higher ground.