Don't be fooled by the relatively quiet start to the week weather wise as the ridge of high pressure bringing a fair amount of dry weather this morning gives way to low pressure and increasingly unsettled conditions over the coming days. Heavy rain will bring the risk of localised flooding in places and by Thursday snow and gales will be in the forecast for some.
Monday morning is dawning bright and chilly for many places with showers mainly affecting northern and western regions, however, cloud is already starting to increase and thicken from the west across Ireland and southwest England in advance of the next frontal system moving in. This cloud will continue to extend its way further north and east today as outbreaks of rain and drizzle follow on from the west so that the afternoon period is rather damp for much of Ireland, Wales, western and south-western parts of England. It will remain mostly dry further to the east whilst showers continue across northern parts of Britain, these still wintry over the Scottish mountains. Top temperatures today will range from 5°C to 7°C in the north and 8°C to 10°C further to the south and southwest.
The north turns cold with some frost tonight under clear skies but it will be milder the further south and west that you are where it will be mostly cloudy with further outbreaks of rain pushing in from the southwest, the rain turning heavy and persistent across Ireland, Wales and western upslopes of England. This sets up a very wet day tomorrow in these areas with the rain continuing for much of the day. Southern counties of England will be mild and may turn drier for a time, but the best of the dry and bright weather will be across Scotland although there will be some showers around and it will be colder here.
METEROLOGIST: BARBER
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