High pressure dominates the weather across much of the country for the midweek period but there is still a north-easterly breeze blowing across the south and there is also a fair amount of cloud trapped under that high with the best of the sunshine likely to be in the north.

For much of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland it is another fine and frosty start and it will then be a fine day with some sunshine, the best of this coming across mainland Scotland with the Northern Isles turning rather cloudy and damp for much of the time. There are also some fog patches around this morning, especially across southern Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland, and some of these may linger which, if this happens, will keep temperatures close to freezing. Otherwise maximums will be in the range of 2°C to 5°C with light winds, but for the Northern Isles it will be a touch milder with highs of around 8°C.

Meanwhile, for many parts of England and Wales it is a cloudy and less cold start to the day. Showers are still affecting parts of southern and south-eastern England and the English Channel and these will continue at times today. There will continue to be a lot of cloud around for many places with the best of any brighter spells coming across parts of north and west Wales along with northwest England. Despite the cloud, temperatures will be a touch higher with highs of 6°C or 7°C.

No huge change is expected tonight with the clearest skies over mainland Scotland leading to another hard frost with freezing fog patches. It will be mainly cloudy elsewhere with some rain and drizzle moving into eastern counties of England. This will bring a dull and damp day tomorrow for many parts of England and, perhaps later, Wales with mainland Scotland again seeing the best of any sunshine.

METEOROLOGIST : BARBER

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