Low pressure sitting close to northwest Scotland is the main feature for the midweek period but with winds now coming in from a south-westerly direction for many regions then the less cold air is now reaching more northern regions. Of course, with low pressure in charge it's not a guaranteed dry outlook, but much of the rain will come in the form of showers so there will be some drier and brighter intervals around too.
Where skies have cleared overnight it is a rather chilly start to Wednesday with some patchy frost and fog in places, but outside of these areas more cloud has tended to hold temperatures up a bit higher. However, that cloud is bringing some scattered showers, especially across southern and western regions where some of the showers are on the heavy side. There are also more persistent outbreaks of rain affecting the far north and northwest of Scotland along with the Northern Isles and this rain will only slowly ease away to the north today. Meanwhile for most areas there will be some sunny spells around today, but further showers are likely in the south and west and they will tend to break out more widely by this afternoon although not everywhere will catch them. On the other hand, the showers do look like merging into a longer spell of rain across parts of southeast England and East Anglia for a time so it will turn rather wet in these areas before drying up later. Maximum temperatures will be in the range of 7°C to 10°C for most, but values will still be a touch colder in the north.
Showers will tend to die back to western coasts this evening and then for central and northern parts of Britain and Ireland clear spells will allow for some frost and ice to form in places. Further south, across much of Wales, central and southern England a band of rain will sweep eastwards overnight, perhaps falling as snow on its northern boundary so this is worth keeping an eye on. This rain soon clears tomorrow and then for most places Thursday will be a day of sunny spells and scattered showers with a rather chilly west/north-westerly breeze.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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