A big change in the weather across many parts of Britain and Ireland this weekend as low pressure moves in from the west, pushing away the hot and humid conditions of recent days to leave a cooler and fresher weekend with showers or longer spells of rain affecting most regions.
Already this morning showery outbreaks of rain are moving in from the southwest around that area of low pressure, some of the showers locally quite heavy and even bringing a rumble or two of thunder in places. If you are lucky enough to start the day off on a dry note it's unlikely to last with most places catching at least a shower and some areas seeing some pretty heavy and perhaps thundery downpours which could merge into longer spells of rain at times. The heaviest, most frequent and prolonged showers are likely to be found across parts of western Scotland and Northern Ireland whilst the best of the drier and brighter spells will come towards southern and south-eastern counties of England. Winds will be light in the north but in the south a freshening south-westerly wind will be bringing a cooler and fresher feel with top temperatures of 20°C to 22°C in the southeast, but the mid-high teens are more likely in the north and west.
Showers will continue into tonight for many although they will tend to become confined to more northern and western regions where longer spells of rain can be expected at times. It will be a somewhat cooler and fresher night so should be more comfortable for sleeping. Low pressure sitting over northwest Scotland tomorrow will bring a cool and windy Sunday for many with further showers circulating around that system but the far northeast and the far south and southeast of the UK will see the best of the drier and brighter conditions.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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