The battle between high pressure to the east and a large, deep Atlantic low continues today but during the next couple of days it will be high pressure that wins out for much of the country with plenty of fine and warm weather developing although the far north and west will remain more changeable and, as a result, cooler.
For this morning a band of locally heavy rain extends from Scotland down across Northern Ireland, eastern parts of Ireland and into parts of northwest Wales so it's a rather wet and miserable start to the day in these areas. Clearer conditions are now moving into the far west whilst ahead of the rain band it is a mostly dry and bright start to the day across much of England and the rest of Wales. That band of rain will slowly drift south-eastwards today, reaching central and western parts of England and Wales by this afternoon. Clearer and more showery conditions will then follow into many parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, while for eastern and south-eastern parts of England it will remain dry with some bright or sunny intervals. It will become pleasantly warm in the southeast with maximums of 18°C or 19°C, but it will be progressively cooler the further north and west that you go.
The southeast remains dry tonight with some clear spells as that band of rain and drizzle fizzles out across northern and western parts of England and Wales. Showers will continue further to the north and west, but there won't be any frost worries. Wednesday then sees another band of rain associated with a warm front pushing north across Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland, the rain heaviest in the west. Meanwhile, fine and increasingly warm conditions will develop across many parts of England and Wales with temperatures rising into the low twenties although coastal areas will remain cooler with sea breezes developing, perhaps bringing some sea fog in with them.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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