It's a weekend of two halves for much of the UK and Ireland, with a dry and bright start for many before low pressure takes control from Sunday.

Saturday sees plenty of sunshine, particularly across most of England and Wales, though cloudier with some patchy rain in Cumbria. There will be some sun in Ireland but there and in Scotland it's more unsettled with frontal bands bringing more cloud and rain.

The arrival of low pressure on Sunday sees these conditions become more widespread. With cloud and rain, heavy at times, along western slopes and hills. Rain moves through during the day but with sunnier spells for central England.

In the north, the low brings a risk of sleet and snow in the Scottish Highlands, particularly in the afternoon as winds arrive from a north-westerly/northerly direction.

This theme is likely to persist into the new week, turning very unsettled with low pressure systems dominating conditions with blustery showers in the north-west and north of the UK and Ireland.

The next system is expected on Tuesday, first reaching Ireland with widespread rain before pushing into Wales and southern England. A risk of heavy, wet snowfall emerges in northern Wales and the Pennines though this is one to keep an eye on closer to the day with temperatures remaining chilly to the north and north-east.