High pressure has now taken control of the weather across many parts of Britain and Ireland but this doesn't automatically equate to fine and warm weather, although there will be a fair amount of that about. The location of the high will prove crucial as it draws in a cooler, cloudier feed from off the North Sea today, and then those winds become quite strong towards the south and southwest for the end of the week as low pressure to the southwest puts a bit of a squeeze on.
Today that high is centred to the west of Britain and Ireland meaning that a north/north-easterly breeze is affecting many regions. There are also the remnants of the frontal systems that affected many areas during the last couple of days bringing a fair amount of cloud with them, especially across England and Wales, and this combined with low cloud drifting in off the North Sea means that there is a lot of cloud to shift. However, there are some sunnier areas, more especially towards the north and west, and by this afternoon brighter skies will develop more widely with some places ending up fairly sunny. In the best of the sunshine it will become warm, especially towards the south and west with maximum temperatures in the range of 23°C to 26°C, but it will be cooler in the cloudier regions and along eastern and north-eastern coasts.
The odd shower may affect the far south and southwest later on today, but these will tend to die out this evening and then a mostly dry night follows with cloud tending to break up in many regions, but mist and low cloud will affect some northern and eastern coastal regions. This cloud may keep these coastal areas cooler again tomorrow, otherwise for many it will be a warm and sunny day with temperatures widely climbing into the mid-twenties, but remaining cooler where sea breezes develop.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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