After yesterday's much brighter weather it is back to cloudy skies with outbreaks of rain at times for many regions today. Much of the rain is on the light side however, but it will make for a rather damp and cool day. Sunshine will be limited, with the best of this likely to be across the far north of Scotland.

Many places will remain cloudy today with further outbreaks of rain from time to time, the heaviest and most persistent of these across northern hills where snow is also likely and towards the southwest where showery bursts of rain will be heavy at times. The far north of Scotland will remain dry with some good sunny spells, whilst across some central and southern counties of England some hazy sunshine will break through although this may help to set off a few showers later this afternoon. Temperatures for many will be close to or just below normal, but feeling warmer in any sunshine whilst winds will be generally light at first before picking up in the south as a fresh easterly develops.

These easterly winds will extend to many places overnight, becoming quite strong around exposed coasts at times. It will remain cloudy across many parts overnight with outbreaks of rain continuing across central and northern regions although the far north of Scotland and southern counties of England will be drier. Friday will see little in the way of change with that patchy rain continuing across central and northern areas whilst other regions will be somewhat drier and brighter. Later in the day showery outbreaks of rain are expected to move into southern England and some of these could be on the heavy side. Looking ahead to the weekend and much of northern Britain and Ireland is expected to be bright and rather cool but for the south showery rain is expected at times, occasionally heavy in places.

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A relatively fine and settled Wednesday is in store across much of Britain and Ireland thanks to a ridge of high pressure extending across many areas. It will also feel slightly warmer with lighter winds, but further unsettled and rather cool conditions are expected to return as we go through to the end of the week.

Wednesday morning is starting off bright and chilly in many regions with a touch of frost across rural locations. Many areas will be bright though with plenty of sunshine around helping those temperatures to pick up quickly. Some cloud will bubble up during the day, and a few showers will break out but these will be light and well scattered with many areas staying dry and fine. One exception will come across Northern Ireland and western Scotland where cloud will thicken up and some outbreaks of rain will arrive later on today. Temperatures will end up around normal for many places, so feeling rather more pleasant than yesterday.

That rain will continue to push further south and east across Scotland and Ireland tonight, but many other areas will see another dry night with long clear spells and temperatures dropping back into the chilly category again. Thursday will then see further outbreaks of rain across northern and western areas but southern and eastern Britain should be drier and brighter. By the time we get to Friday low pressure will be to the south of the country with many areas seeing showers or longer spells of rain as a cool easterly wind picks up again.

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