You wait ages for low pressure to come along and now it's arrived it wants to stay. Yep, another week ahead which is set to be dominated by low pressure hanging around over or close to Britain and Ireland. In fact, the system arriving this weekend looks like it will still be here come the end of next week with only a build of pressure to the north and northwest likely to eventually force it south-eastwards meaning cooler north-easterly winds may well return.

The good news for farmers and growers is that we are now losing the Arctic sourced air mass that has dominated for so long and given so many cold nights in recent weeks. This means we can say goodbye to overnight frosts and with warmer daytime temperatures then growing conditions should be much improved. Don't by any means expect a heatwave, but certainly an improvement on recent weeks.

There will be more rain around too with low pressure in charge, but much of this will be showery in nature after today although with warmer air in the mix then there is a greater risk of some thundery activity at times - keep an eye on our daily storm forecasts for the latest on this. As we head towards the end of next week model guidance appears to be firming up on pressure rising to the north and northwest bringing a return to north-easterly winds across the country, but no Arctic air mass so a much reduced frost risk.

METEOROLOGIST: BARBER

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