A couple of weather fronts on the scene today as they edge slowly eastwards across the country bringing cloudier conditions and some rain or showers. Somewhat drier and clearer conditions will then follow into the west with a cooler night to follow tonight.

It's a warm start to the day but rather cloudy and murky with some mist and fog patches in places. Showery outbreaks of rain are pushing their way northwards across central and western regions, some of these locally on the heavy side. These showery outbreaks will continue to make their way further east across England and Wales today with the potential for some thundery downpours to break out across parts of eastern England this afternoon. The far southeast of England and eastern parts of East Anglia may well stay dry and fine, and clearer conditions will follow into the west although further showers cannot be ruled out here. Temperatures will generally be a touch cooler than recently for many areas with maximums in the mid-high teens, but the low twenties are still expected across the far southeast.

Showers and spells of rain across eastern regions will linger well into tonight before tending to ease later but the cloud will help to hold temperatures up. Further to the west it will be drier and clearer with temperatures dropping down into single figures under those clear skies. This takes us into a bright start to the new week for many regions but there will still be some cloud and a few showers towards the northwest and across eastern districts.

METEOROLOGIST: BARBER

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