Some nasty downpours affected parts of the southern UK yesterday bringing localised flash flooding and some impressive rainfall totals in short periods of time. This was all thanks to an area of low pressure sitting over northern France and that same system is still there today. However, some subtle differences in its position means some changes in the distribution and extent of the showers.
That low will be slowly but surely pulling away to the east during the next couple of days so the shower risk will gradually become confined to more south-eastern regions before most places see an improvement by the second half of the week. In the meantime, for the north and northwest a very pleasant spell of summer weather is on the cards with plenty of dry and fine weather expected today once any early mist and low cloud has cleared. This is where the best of the temperatures will be found as well with maximums of 21°C to 24°C expected across sunnier parts of western Scotland and Ireland. Towards the northeast and it remains cloudier and cooler thanks to those onshore winds, and there will even be some patchy drizzle in places too.
Meanwhile, for southern counties of England today, further showery outbreaks of rain will tend to ease as we go through the day with many places ending up dry if mainly cloudy, but the odd shower is still likely here and there. Little change is expected as we go through tonight with the risk of further showers in the southeast whilst for much of the rest of Britain and Ireland it is dry with some clear spells but also some mist and low cloud forming which may bring some patchy light rain or drizzle for central and eastern regions. Tomorrow sees the north and west enjoying the warmest and sunniest conditions with eastern and south-eastern England still rather cloudy and damp.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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