We head into the second half of March with the weather still very much in a changeable frame of mind as low pressure systems and their associated fronts continue to push through from the west.
The weekend is actually dawning on a bright but chilly note for many regions thanks to a weak ridge of high pressure. Temperatures have fallen low enough for a frost across central and northern Britain but the sunshine will help to lift those temperatures this morning. It is less cold out towards the west and southwest but this is because of increasing cloud moving in from the southwest, this cloud already thickening up to bring outbreaks of rain to much of Ireland, Wales and southwest England.
That cloud and rain, the rain becoming increasingly patchy with time, will continue to push north and east today but much of northern and eastern Scotland along with easternmost parts of England will remain mostly fine and dry throughout daylight hours. Elsewhere and it will be a rather dull and damp end to the day with some heavier rain returning across Ireland and Northern Ireland this afternoon.
After that chilly start temperatures today won't be as mild as recent days with maximums ranging from 8°C to 10°C across northern Britain and 11°C to 14°C in the south and southwest, the temperatures tending to peak later this afternoon as milder air feeds back north.
A milder night follows thanks to largely cloudy skies with outbreaks of rain continuing to push east but somewhat drier conditions will follow into central and western regions during the course of the night. Tomorrow then starts rather cloudy with early rain in the east clearing but many places will brighten up by the afternoon with a scattering of showers breaking out whilst temperatures will become mild or very mild.
METEOROLOGIST : BARBER
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