High pressure is centred close to the north and northeast of Britain and Ireland today and will slowly be weakening during the next couple of days. This will pave the way for low pressure to return from the southwest during the rest of the week, but for the next 36 hours or so weather fronts will only really affect south-western parts of England, Wales and southern Ireland bringing some rain at times.
Northern parts of Britain are starting off on a cold and frosty note this morning with some patchy mist and fog but the further south and southwest you are the milder it will be thanks to an easterly wind, strongest in the southwest, and more in the way of cloud. That cloud will be thick enough to bring outbreaks of rain and drizzle to southern and south-westernmost counties of England along with the Channel Islands, the rain turning heavier and more persistent this afternoon as it also edges north into parts of southern Ireland and southwest Wales. Elsewhere and it will be another mainly dry day with sunny spells and variable amounts of cloud, but the odd shower may run onto eastern coasts. It will be another rather chilly day with temperatures in single figures for many, but the highest figures will come towards the far southwest where highs of 13°C or 14°C are possible despite the strong winds.
The rain across the southwest will continue into tonight turning lighter later in the night as the winds ease a touch. It will be mainly dry elsewhere with some clear spells, but the clearest skies will be in the north where it will become frosty with some mist and fog patches forming. Thursday will then be dry and bright for many northern and eastern regions bu it will be cloudier and damper towards the south and west before a band of more persistent rain pushes eastwards later in the day and overnight into Friday.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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