Low pressure well and truly in charge across Britain and Ireland today as it slowly moves eastwards with its associated fronts and troughs bringing some rather lively weather in places. This low will be away to the east by tomorrow and this will then allow for a much colder northerly air stream to move in for a time although milder conditions will return from the west over the weekend.

Although it is a cooler start to the day in the north compared to yesterday morning, it is another generally mild morning in many regions but more especially towards the south where temperatures have held up in the mid-teens overnight. Much of northern Britain, with the exception of a few showers in the far north, will be starting dry and bright too, but further to the south we have areas of heavy showers with a risk of thunder pushing up from the southwest. These showers will tend to organise themselves into a band as they push north-eastwards across England and Wales today, bringing some locally torrential downpours with hail and gusty winds, before brighter conditions but still with a few showers follow on behind. It will be another mild day with temperatures widely in the teens, and perhaps as high as 18°C or 19°C in the southeast.

As we go through this afternoon a band of cloud and rain will move into the northwest of the UK in association with a cold front whilst another area of heavy rain will push into southern counties of England bringing a wet evening here with blustery winds developing. All of this cloud and rain will clear away to the east tonight and tomorrow paving the way for a much colder north/north-westerly air stream to develop bringing sunny spells and blustery showers, some of which will be wintry in the north.

METEOROLOGIST: BARBER

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