A cold front continues to lie across central regions of Britain and Ireland to start the weekend separating the cooler, fresher air to the north from the warm air to the south. This cold front remains slow-moving in the next 24 hours, with a wave feature set to develop along the front tonight bringing the potential for a spell of more persistent rain across some southern regions.
That frontal system is bringing a dull and damp start to the weekend across much of Ireland, north Wales and northern England with outbreaks of rain feeding in from the west. To the southeast and for the rest of England and Wales it is a dry and bright start to the day with the best of the sunshine across the far southeast. Meanwhile, for many parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland it is also a dry and bright start but cooler with some scattered showers towards the northwest. That front only slowly slips a little further south today so for the south and southeast of England it will be another mostly fine and warm day with temperatures reaching 25°C to 27°C. Meanwhile, to the north of the front it will also be mostly bright but with a few showers and top temperatures in the range of 15°C to 18°C.
That band of cloud and rain or drizzle will become slow-moving tonight as a spell of more persistent rain runs north-eastwards across central and southern regions of England and Wales although the far southeast will stay dry and fairly warm. In the north it will also be mostly clear but feeling much cooler as temperatures here drop down into single figures and perhaps low enough for a touch of ground frost in prone spots. Tomorrow sees cloud and rain in the south gradually pulling away to the southeast to leave much of the country dry, bright and cool to end the weekend.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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