Plenty going on with the weather over the next couple of days as a rather deep area of low pressure for June pushes northwards across the country bringing the risk of rain, heavy thundery showers along with strong and gusty winds to many areas. However, northern parts of Scotland and many parts of Ireland will escape the worst of the weather and see plenty of dry conditions with just a few showers.
It is a dry and rather cool start to Friday across many central, northern and western regions with plenty of sunshine around this morning and for much of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland it will stay bright today with just a few scattered showers breaking out. However, wind and cloud have been increasing across southern parts of England and Wales with outbreaks of rain moving up from the south in the last few hours, the rain turning heavy and persistent at times, particularly towards the southwest. This rain continues to push northwards today, reaching much of northern England and southern Scotland by this evening. Many parts of Wales and western England will stay wet for much of the day whilst clearer, more showery conditions follow into central and southern parts. These showers will need watching though as some torrential thundery downpours could break out later this afternoon bringing hazardous travelling conditions and the risk of localised flash flooding. It will feel rather cool in the brisk easterly winds ahead of the rain with highs generally in the range of 14°C to 17°C, but it will be a touch warmer where it remains drier and brighter.
That low pressure system continues to push north tonight bringing rain or showers to many regions, these often heavy and bringing a risk of thunder in places. Once again the far north and west will escape and remain mostly dry with clear spells. It will become windy in the south with strong westerly winds developing but it won't be a particularly cool night. Tomorrow sees that area of low pressure continuing to dominate bringing showers, longer spells of rain and blustery winds to many areas with temperatures held back as a result.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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