The changeable and rather cool weather continues with low pressure now sitting close to southern parts of the British Isles bringing further showers or longer spells of rain whilst onshore winds are bringing cool and misty conditions to the northeast.

It's a rather wet start to Thursday across many parts of Wales along with central, southern parts of England thanks to a slow-moving frontal system. Elsewhere, it is a drier and brighter morning although showers are affecting northern and western regions of Scotland and Ireland. That rain across Wales and southern England will slowly become more showery today but there could be some heavy downpours breaking out in places by this afternoon. Meanwhile, for most places there will be a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers, but there will be some good dry spells around too, especially across eastern regions away from north-eastern coasts where it will be rather murky. Temperatures will range from a rather chilly 9°C or 10°C along those north-eastern coasts to 16°C or 17°C in the sunnier spots.

That area of low pressure close to the south coast of England will keep showery outbreaks of rain going across southern regions overnight although they will slowly ease. Elsewhere, showers will mostly die back to windward coasts and it will turn cool with some mist and low cloud forming. The working week ends on a drier and brighter note for many, although scattered showers will still break out, turning locally heavy, especially over parts of Wales and western England.

METEOROLOGIST: BARBER

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