A ridge of high pressure is just about holding on across northern and eastern regions of the UK today but low pressure to the west of Ireland will be bringing some heavy showers to parts of Ireland and Northern Ireland with a risk of thunderstorms.

For much of the north and east of the British Isles it is a fine start to the day with any early mist and fog patches soon clearing to leave plenty of dry and fine weather for much of the day although cloud amounts will tend to increase from the southwest. Further to the south and west it is a cloudy and muggy morning with showery outbreaks of rain affecting parts of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, southwest and northwest England and up into parts of southwest Scotland. These showery outbreaks will push a little further north and east today with some showers breaking out over parts of central, southern England, the Midlands, northwest England and western Scotland, but the heavier downpours with a risk of thunder will mainly be found over Ireland and Northern Ireland. It will be a rather muggy day with temperatures ranging from 21°C to 24°C in the north and west to highs of 25°C to 28°C in the southeast of England.

There won't be a huge amount of change as we go through tonight and into tomorrow with northern and western regions always holding onto more in the way of cloud, the cloud bringing a risk of showers. The southeast of England will always seeing the driest, brightest and warmest conditions with temperatures around the 30°C mark tomorrow but we will be watching for a risk of thunderstorms moving up from the south later in the day.

METEOROLOGIST : BARBER

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