April ends on a fine and very warm note for many parts of Britain and Ireland with high pressure bringing plenty of sunshine and temperatures well above normal. The temperatures are expected to peak tomorrow before cooler conditions edge down from the north for the end of the week and into the weekend.

There's some patches of mist, fog and low cloud around first thing this morning but these will soon clear and then for most places it will be a fine and dry day with plenty of sunshine. Some fair weather cloud may bubble up in places, and some high cloud may turn the sunshine hazy at times, but for much of the country it will be another glorious day. The only exception will come across the far north of Scotland and the Northern Isles where there will again be more cloud with the odd shower at times, but even here it will be brighter than it has been recently. Maximum temperatures today will widely range from a very warm 21°C to 26°C but it will be a little cooler around coasts as sea breezes develop and also in the far north.

A largely fine and dry night follows for many but the first signs of a change will be appearing towards the far northwest where it will be turning increasingly cloudy with the risk of a few showers breaking out over Scotland and Northern Ireland. A few patches of mist and low cloud may form elsewhere but these will soon clear tomorrow to leave much of England and Wales fine and very warm with temperatures into the high-twenties, but for northern regions it will be cooler and cloudier with the risk of some locally heavy showers breaking out and scattered showers and thunderstorms may break out further south by the afternoon.

METEOROLOGIST : BARBER

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