Good Friday is here and the Easter weekend starts off on an unsettled note with low pressure in charge of the weather across much of Britain and Ireland. Not a lot will change throughout the Bank Holiday weekend with low pressure never too far away from the south of the country whilst more northern regions see more in the way of drier and brighter spells.
For Good Friday that area of low pressure will be centred over the English Channel meaning that winds for much of the country will be coming in from a easterly quarter. Further bands of showers or longer spells of rain will be circulating around that low today. We have one band of rain, with some hill snow, affecting parts of Northern Ireland and northern England this morning and this will continue to push northwards today to join up with outbreaks of rain and snow affecting parts of Scotland. Meanwhile showers across southern and south-western counties of England will tend to gather themselves today, merging into longer spells of rain by this afternoon as they push slowly northwards, the rain turning quite heavy in places. Outside of these wetter regions there will be some drier and brighter intervals around, with parts of Ireland and western Scotland likely to see the best of the weather today. Top temperatures will range from 7°C to 11°C in many regions, but it will be colder in the wetter areas.
Low pressure moving north-eastwards across south-eastern parts of England tonight will keep many areas rather cloudy with further showers or periods of rain, these heavy at times. Some drier and clearer spells will develop towards parts of Scotland and where skies to clear it will turn chilly with some frost and patchy fog forming. Looking ahead to Easter Saturday and a disappointingly cool day is expected with brisk north/north-easterly winds bringing a lot of cloud and showery rain to many, but the west and northwest will be drier and somewhat brighter.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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