Low pressure remains in charge of the weather across many parts of Britain and Ireland this weekend but on the whole the theme is for it to not be quite as unsettled as it has been over the last few days with more in the way of drier and brighter spells to be found in many areas.
We start the weekend off with showers affecting many southern and western regions, these locally heavy with a risk of hail and thunder in places. It is drier towards the north and east with some frost and fog in places where skies cleared overnight, but showery rain is still affecting north-western Scotland. The showers in the south and west will tend to spread north-eastwards today across many parts of England and Wales before drier conditions follow on for a time. This drier interlude will be short-lived though as outbreaks of more persistent rain will move into the far south and southwest during the afternoon. Meanwhile, for much of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland it will be drier and brighter away from the showery northwest, but some of the early mist and fog may be slow to clear in places keeping it rather cold. Otherwise, temperatures will end up close to or just above the seasonal norm with maximums of 4°C to 7°C in the north and 8°C to 11°C towards the south and southwest.
Outbreaks of rain will push eastwards across southern counties of England, clearing from the west during the course of the night to leave showers around many windward coasts. Further inland and where skies clear it will turn chilly with some patchy frost and fog forming in sheltered parts of the north. Sunday will then be a day of sunny spells and scattered showers, the showers heaviest and most frequent towards southern and western coasts whilst more sheltered northern and eastern districts will see more in the way of drier and brighter spells.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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