Weather patterns across Britain and Ireland in the coming days will be dominated by a general theme of high pressure sitting over or to the north of the country whilst low pressure to the south and southwest tries to send its associated frontal systems northwards across the country with the high tending to kill these fronts off in the process as it holds firm.
Apart from some mist and low cloud, mainly around north-eastern coasts, it is a mostly fine start to Friday with plenty of sunshine around and for most places it will be a fine, dry and sunny day with only some patchy cloud bubbling up at times. However, it's a different story across southern regions of the UK where cloud is increasing from the south as outbreaks of heavy and locally thundery rain push northwards. This rain is currently affecting the far south and southwest of England, but will push further north and west during today to reach many parts of southern Ireland, Wales, the Midlands and southeast England by the end of the afternoon, the rain tending to break up as it pushes north. Temperatures today will be a touch cooler with more of an east/northeast wind, maximums ranging from 13°C to 17°C quite widely, but eastern and north-eastern coasts will be cooler still thanks to the onshore wind.
That band of showery rain continues to drift a little further north tonight, the heavier bursts tending to become confined to more western regions. Drier conditions follow into the south but further showers will follow on later in the night which may become persistent, heavy and thundery. Meanwhile, more northern regions will see a mostly dry night with some mist and low cloud forming in places but temperatures will hold up quite well compared to recent nights. Looking ahead to tomorrow and for central, southern regions of Britain and Ireland there will be a fair amount of cloud around bringing further heavy showers at times. The further north that you are, the drier and more settled that it will be, however, temperatures will be cooler than of late for most places.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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