mendy not looking too bad, ridge of high pressure nudging and and ahead of the system —— mendy is notking too bad. for monday itself, a cold day and a good amount of sunshine for england and wales and much of eastern scotland. a few showers in the western hills. it looks like it will be drier in northern ireland by the end of the day. this weather front will come sweeping in during the evening period bringing a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. some destructive snow likely are the higher ground. you will notice fairly closely packed isobars so windy with gales around, 40, 50, 60 mph gusts possible. there could be destruction on tuesday morning from the snow and ice in central and southern scotland and the sport of england so stage and into your weather forecast. eastern areas will tend to stay damp —— this part of england. then into wednesday, the next system comes sweeping in from the south—west bringing windy weather again with gales and also some rain, sleet and snow. i think the sleet and snow will be confined to hills and the far north of scotland, a little less cold their associa