Low pressure close to Iceland, incidentally bringing a very snowy and stormy day there, will also be dominating the weather across Britain and Ireland today with our attention on a secondary low pressure system pushing in from the southwest later bringing some very wet conditions to some areas later on.

It's a much cooler start to the day compared to recently but there is plenty of sunshine around, especially towards eastern regions. Showers are continuing to feed into many western coastal regions and these will tend to become heavier and more frequent as we go through the day, spreading further eastwards at times. However, for Wales and southwest England it will turn increasingly wet this afternoon as the showers merge into spells of heavy and persistent rain, this rain spreading into northwest England too. Top temperatures today will range from 12°C to 15°C in the north and west and 16°C to 18°C towards the southeast so not too far from normal although it will feel cooler in the rain and breeze.

That band of rain pushes north-eastwards across much of the UK this evening with some heavy rain in places but it will clear away out over the North Sea tonight, just lingering on across the far northeast. Clearer spells and a few showers will then follow on from the west, the showers most frequent around coasts exposed to the west or northwest wind. Tomorrow will then be a day of sunny spells and scattered showers, but the showers will tend to ease during the course of the day as a weak ridge of high pressure builds in for a time.

METEOROLOGIST: BARBER

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