The overall synoptic pattern is pretty much unchanged today with high pressure to the north and low pressure to the south meaning that winds from an easterly quarter are affecting many parts of the UK and Ireland. However, a slow-moving frontal system is affecting some central and southern regions and this instability combined with some warm sunshine today may trigger a few heavy and thundery showers later on.
It's a rather chilly and overcast start to the week for many areas with misty low cloud having spread in from the east overnight, this bringing some fog patches to parts of the north and east. There's also a thicker band of cloud with the odd shower stretching from Northern Ireland down towards southern parts of East Anglia and into southeast England which marks the position of that front. Skies will tend to brighten up as we go through the day, particularly towards parts of the southwest and across central and eastern parts of England and the sunshine will help lift temperatures into the high teens by this afternoon across parts of eastern England. This could then set off some sharp showers close to that frontal boundary with a risk of the odd thunderstorm but these will be pretty hit and miss affairs with many areas staying dry. Meanwhile, north-eastern coasts are likely to remain dull and misty with temperatures struggling in single figures.
That misty low cloud will become more widespread again tonight but where skies remain clear it will turn chilly with a risk of a touch of frost. However, that thicker band of cloud extending across from Ireland, over Wales and towards southeast England will remain slow-moving with some showery rain running west/north-westwards along it at times during the night, and it will actually still be there again tomorrow with very little change expected in these areas. Meanwhile, further to the north it should turn brighter with a better chance of sunshine on Tuesday as colder, drier air filters in from the northeast.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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