The general synoptic pattern for much of this week is now set in place with low pressure setting up home close to the southwest of Britain and Ireland. This large upper trough is set to dominate for many days to come, bringing showers or longer spells of rain to many regions.
It is a fairly cloudy start to Tuesday across many parts of Britain and Ireland. Outbreaks of rain and hill snow continue to affect many central and eastern regions of Scotland with wintry showers feeding into the far north. It is also a rather damp morning across much of Ireland and Northern Ireland but for many parts of England and Wales it is drier with some early bright or sunny spells for some.
It's a complicated set-up but we are expecting outbreaks of rain and drizzle to push into central and southern parts of England and Wales during the course of the day. Much of southwest England and south Wales may well stay bright with just a few showers, and it is likely to remain mostly fine for eastern coastal regions of England. Meanwhile, for much of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland not a huge amount of change is expected although rain over Ireland will tend to break up into heavy showers by this afternoon and the rain with hill snow over central and eastern Scotland will tend to slowly ease.
It will be a rather cool feeling day, temperatures across much of Scotland will be held down in single figures whilst highest temperatures of 10°C to 12°C across England and Wales will be close to or a touch below normal for the end of March, but where any prolonged bright or sunny spells develop across eastern England values could well rise to nearer 15°C.
Low pressure will deepen close to southwest Ireland tonight and tomorrow so it will become increasingly breezy for many regions. Showers and longer spells of rain will continue to circulate around that low, pushing up from the south across many regions with some heavy downpours in places, and it will remain cold enough in the north for further snow over the hills and mountains.
METEOROLOGIST : BARBER
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