A slow-moving frontal system divides the country this weekend bringing some potentially very wet weather to some areas with some places seeing around a couple of inches of rainfall during the course of the next couple of days. It will be cooler than of late for all, but in the sunnier regions it will still feel rather warm.
That frontal system is associated with an area of low pressure over the near continent and extends north-westwards across central and eastern parts of England, northern England and up into central parts of Scotland. Pulses of rain will be running north/north-westwards across these regions today, and whilst some of these will be heavy and thundery in nature, there will also be some drier spells at times. To the northeast, across north-eastern parts of Scotland it will be drier and brighter, and this clearer weather will edge slowly west and south as that rain band retreats back westwards. Equally, to the west and southwest, across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland along with south-western parts of England and Wales there will be some sunny spells around with just a few scattered showers. In the brighter areas temperatures will reach the low twenties, feeling rather muggy towards the northeast, but in the wetter regions values will be held back in the high teens at best.
Not a huge amount of change is expected tonight, but some heavier pulses of rain may spread up from the southeast although the distribution of the rain may shift slightly as that front continues to wriggle around with the rain band expected to extend from north-eastern parts of Northern Ireland down towards East Anglia by the morning. To the northeast and southwest it will be drier with some clear spells whilst temperatures in the south will be more comfortable for many compared to recent nights but in the northeast it will remain muggy. This takes us into a very similar day tomorrow with that frontal system still separating the country. Further spells of wet weather will affect some central and north-western regions with drier, brighter and warmer conditions either side of this system.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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