High pressure is now building in across southern parts of the British Isles and will become centred just to the east over the next few days which will allow for increasingly warm air to move up from the south with temperatures probably peaking on Saturday before cooler and fresher air returns from the west.

Wednesday has dawned fine in many regions but there is more cloud across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, the thickest of which is bringing a few mainly light showers. These regions will continue to hold onto some cloud for much of today although it will tend to turn brighter with time as the showers become confined to the far north and northwest. This leaves much of Ireland, England and Wales with a mostly fine and dry day with plenty of strong sunshine helping lift temperatures up to highs of 24°C to 27°C with high UV levels again. It will be cooler towards the north though with values here in the mid-high teens at best.

A weak warm front pushing north may brush Northern Ireland for a time later today bringing a little light rain and drizzle with it and this continues to track northwards across western parts of Scotland tonight and tomorrow. It will be cloudier across other parts of Scotland for a time as this front heads north but for the most part it is looking fine and settled for much of the country with temperatures in the south tomorrow reaching the high twenties.

METEOROLOGIST : BARBER

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