southwards
Britishadverb
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This is a line of showers that develop over the warmer waters of the Irish Sea and are pushed southwards over the county of Pembrokeshire in south-west Wales.
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By Monday the colder air in the north will have been swept southwards on a northerly wind bringing down an arctic maritime airmass - and that means the chance of snow.
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On Tuesday night there will always be the risk of some cloud around but clear skies should develop in southern and north-eastern Scotland as a weather front clears southwards.
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A cold front will also sink southwards, bringing heavy rain.
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Brisk northerly winds will develop for the second half of the weekend bringing much cooler air southwards.
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