A bit of a stalemate in the weather across the British Isles for the midweek period as high pressure over Scandinavia starts to have more influence, fending off Atlantic frontal systems that are trying to move in. An east/southeast wind will be picking up today with this wind becoming more of a feature over the next few days.
There's a three-way split across the country this morning with eastern regions of England and Scotland starting off on a dull note with some light rain and drizzle in places. It's brighter further west with a touch of frost in spots where skies remained clear overnight along with some mist or fog patches, but thickening cloud is bringing some showery rain into parts of Ireland and the far southwest of England.
Changes today will be rather slow. The cloud across eastern parts of England will tend to lift and break up a touch, but a scattering of showers will break out this afternoon. Northeast England and eastern Scotland will remain rather overcast and, in places, damp whilst western parts of Ireland and southwest England will also hold onto a fair amount of cloud with some further showery rain at times. This leaves much of the rest of the country with a mainly dry and bright day and temperatures will respond to the early spring sunshine with maximums of 10°C to 13°C, but it will stay colder towards north-eastern regions.
Tonight sees little overall change, many places will be dry with clear spells but low cloud is likely to develop more widely, especially in the east. The far west and southwest will see a continued risk of some showery rain at times and this lingers into tomorrow but for most places Thursday is looking dry with some sunny spells developing although a few showers cannot be ruled out as the east/southwest picks up.
METEOROLOGIST : BARBER
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