The area of low pressure that has helped to draw in warmer air across many parts of the British Isles over the last couple of days is now moving closer to the country bringing its showers or longer spells of rain with it along with cooler conditions.

It's a cloudy and damp start to Saturday in many places as showers or longer spells of rain push northwards, some of these locally heavy. Somewhat brighter conditions are following from the south and will extend across many parts of England and Wales today with some warm sunny spells developing but this will help to trigger some scattered and slow-moving heavy downpours by this afternoon. Not everywhere will catch one with some places remaining largely dry and bright, but where they do occur some torrential rain is possible along with a rumble or two of thunder.

Some eastern coasts may remain rather murky, and it will also be a generally cloudy day for many parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland with further periods of rain although the far west may escape with a mostly dry and bright day. Top temperatures today will reach highs of 17°C or 18°C across brighter parts of England this afternoon but coasts will be a few degrees lower and it will also be cooler under the cloud in the north and west.

Low pressure remains in charge tonight as it sits close to the south of the UK with further outbreaks of rain or heavy showers circulating around it but the cloud will help hold temperatures up. Sunday will see some subtle changes with the heavier showers tending to become confined to more southern and eastern regions but it will be rather cloudy and cool for many places with a risk of further light rain or drizzle at times.

METEOROLOGIST : BARBER

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