Latest weather maps from the Met Office show we’re in for bitterly cold nights before a welcome rise in temperatures next week in Wales. Temperatures are expected to get as low as -6C in Wales on Friday morning which coincides with another weather warning for ice.
Maps from the Met Office show it is likely to be coldest in the early hours of Friday morning at Llanwddyn in north Powys. Elsewhere in Powys temperatures are expected to be around -5C.
It’ll continue to feel very cold on Friday with highs of around 4C in the afternoon in parts of the south west in Pembrokeshire and west of Swansea thanks to some cloud cover. It is expected to warm up slightly into the weekend but will still feel very cold with temperatures again lowest in Powys at around -2C, the forecaster predicts.
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It’s expected to be a tad warmer on Saturday with highs of 5C again in parts of the south west in the afternoon. And temperatures are expected to look a bit more normal into next week with lows of -2C again in north Powys but up to 8C in parts on Monday. The maps below are in chronological order.
This is the forecast for 12am Friday when temperatures are due to get as low as -5C -Credit:Met Office
The coldest spot in Wales, in north Powys, should reach -6C overnight Friday -Credit:Met Office
Freezing temperatures are expected again on Friday morning. This is the predicted picture for 6am -Credit:Met Office
It’s a bleak forecast for Friday, shown here at 3pm where temperatures won’t get much above freezing again -Credit:Met Office
This is the predicted forecast for 9pm on Friday -Credit:Met Office
Temperatures will feel slightly warmer overnight on Saturday. This is the picture for 3am Saturday -Credit:Met Office
It won’t feel much warmer by 9am on Saturday in Wales according to the Met Office -Credit:Met Office
It will continue to feel cold into Saturday afternoon. This is the forecast for 3pm with highs of around 5C in the far west -Credit:Met Office
Another bitter night on Saturday. This is the forecast for 9pm -Credit:Met Office
A slightly different picture in the early hours of Sunday morning when the temperatures aren’t expected to plummet so much compared to previous days -Credit:Met Office
The picture is the same on Sunday when temperatures will be around freezing or just above freezing in mid and south Wales -Credit:Met Office
Things are slowly expected to become a bit warmer over the weekend. This is the picture expected for Sunday at midday with temperatures in places expected to reach 7C -Credit:Met Office
Temperatures should start feeling a little more normal by the end of the weekend -Credit:Met Office
It’ll be feeling comparatively tropical on Monday afternoon with highs of 10C in Pembrokeshire and Anglesey -Credit:Met Office
The forecast for Thursday evening reads: “Turning very cold beneath clear skies with a severe frost, icy stretches and freezing fog patches developing overnight. Turning cloudier in the far south west by morning. Minimum temperature -4C.”
Friday is predicted to be bright and sunny but cold for many with freezing fog slowly clearing throughout the morning. There is another yellow weather warning for ice in place on Friday from 3am until 11am affecting south Wales from Pembrokeshire to Monmouthshire.
It is likely to turn cloudier throughout the day with further occasional outbreaks of rain and snow possible in places. The weekend will feel cold again before milder temperatures next week with highs of 8C.