Temperatures yesterday reached a remarkable 25°C or 26°C across many eastern parts of England thanks to a warm southerly air stream ahead of a cold front, a front that brought a lot of rain to northern and western regions. This cold front is now moving eastwards and will eventually clear southeast England later tomorrow to leave a much cooler outlook with temperatures back nearer to where they should be for mid-October.
It's another mild start to the day across south-eastern parts of England but an area of rain, heavy and persistent, is pushing up from the southwest across many other parts of England and Wales. This rain will slowly make its way further eastwards today although the far southeast may remain bright and warm until later. Meanwhile, for many parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland it will be a much drier and brighter day compared to recently. There will be a few showers around, especially in the north at first, but these mostly fine conditions will edge into northern and western parts of England and Wales during the course of the day. It will be much cooler for much of eastern and southern Britain, although brighter parts of southeast England may see highs of 20°C to 22°C, but more generally temperatures will be in the low-mid teens at best.
Further rain affects many central and eastern regions of the country tonight and although it will ease for a time, another pulse of more persistent rain is expected to move up from the south during the second half of the night. Meanwhile, to the north and west it will be dry with clear spells, apart from some showers over western Scotland, and temperatures will drop low enough for some ground frost in places. Monday will then be dull and wet in the southeast but elsewhere there will be plenty of dry and bright weather around with plenty of sunshine and lighter winds.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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