High pressure is holding on across southern parts of the British Isles today but will be coming under increasing pressure from Atlantic frontal systems trying to make inroads from the northwest. Eventually this ridge of high pressure will succumb to those more unsettled conditions, but it will be the end of the week before the rain returns to the south.
Back to this morning and most of the frost along with some freezing fog patches is confined to southernmost counties of England along with many parts of the Republic of Ireland. Elsewhere and it is a slightly less cold start due to more in the way of cloud having moved down from the north overnight with temperatures across the north and west of Scotland in double figures in places. Although much of the country will be dry today, cloud amounts will be variable with some areas ending up rather dull for most of the day. Some bright or sunny spells will break through however, the best of these coming across parts of southern England, Wales, northern England and the Republic of Ireland. Temperatures will be rather chilly under the cloud with maximums of 5°C to 8°C for many, but northern and western coastal regions will see highs into double figures despite the brisk wind in the north.
Tonight sees more of the same with variable amounts of cloud helping to hold temperatures above freezing in many areas, especially around northern and western coasts. However, where clearer skies do develop so some patchy frost and fog is again likely to form. Later in the night, freshening winds will bring outbreaks of rain into western Scotland and into Ireland and this rain slowly makes it way further eastwards tomorrow across Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, but many parts of England and Wales will stay dry with some brightness but also variable amounts of cloud.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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