Winds this weekend will be coming in from a southerly quarter so we can expect to see an improvement in temperatures. However, a deepening Atlantic low pressure system out to the west will be sending its frontal systems in across the UK and Ireland tonight and tomorrow although high pressure to the east will keep some eastern regions dry for most of the weekend.
It is a misty and murky start to the weekend in some areas but this will lift and clear quite quickly today with sunny spells breaking through widely making for a very pleasant day for most, but not all. Some chilly, damp and misty weather looks likely to hang on across the far northeast of Scotland and the Northern Isles for much of the day so it will be another disappointing day in these areas. Meanwhile some cloud will bubble up elsewhere, but particularly as temperatures pick up over England and Wales and the odd shower could break out this afternoon which could be heavy with a risk of thunder but these showers will be pretty isolated in nature with most places seeing a dry day. With light winds and the strong sunshine then not only will the pollen and UV indexes be rising, but it will also be feeling much warmer with temperatures ranging from 14°C to 18°C, but staying cold in the far northeast and it will also be cooler around any coasts where onshore breezes may bring some sea mist and fog ashore.
Any remaining scattered showers will die out this evening and then for much of the country it will be a dry night with clear spells and a few mist or fog patches forming whilst temperatures will drop down to lows of 3°C to 6°C. However, cloud will be increasing and thickening across the Republic of Ireland with outbreaks of rain moving in from the southwest during the second half of the night, this rain reaching parts of Northern Ireland, Wales and southwest England by the morning. This rain pushes further north and east tomorrow, becoming more showery in nature, with brighter spells following on behind, but the far north and east will remain dry and bright for much of the day.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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