An Atlantic frontal system will be pushing slowly south-eastwards across the country during the next 36 hours or so bringing a band of rain with it followed by somewhat cooler and fresher conditions from the northwest. However, for today many southern and south-eastern regions will see another fine and warm day and it may be late tomorrow before that cold front arrives in these areas.

For those southern and eastern parts of England it is a dry start to Wednesday then with some bright or sunny spells around and it will remain fine today although as the cloud and breeze tend to increase so the best of the sunshine will become confined to more south-eastern parts of England. Meanwhile for many other parts of the UK and Ireland there will be more cloud with some patchy rain and drizzle at times, the rain tending to become heavier and more persistent across parts of Wales and northwest England by this afternoon whilst showery rain continues across northern and western parts of Scotland. Temperatures will range from highs of 15°C to 19°C in the north and west to a warmer 23°C to 27°C further south and east.

That band of rain will continue to edge south-eastwards across England and Wales tonight, with drier, clearer and cooler conditions following into the northwest although scattered heavy showers will affect western coasts. South-eastern parts of England will remain dry throughout the night but that band of cloud and rain will move through tomorrow and then in its wake most places will see a bright and breezy day but showers will feed into the north and west, these locally quite heavy.

METEOROLOGIST: BARBER

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