the rain on tuesday, this area of cloud waiting in the wings in the atlantic but, in between, a zone of clearer skies thanks to this little ridge of high pressure building its way in. notice the white lines on the chart, though the isobars still fairly tightly squeezed, so it will still be quite breezy and certainly we re getting off to a very cool start, quite a chilly start in places three orfour degrees in one or two spots in the countryside, but we should see a good deal of sunshine through the day. now we will see some showers, too these most plentiful across parts of northern ireland, south west scotland, drifting through northern england, into the midlands, perhaps one or two into east anglia and the south east, but many spots by the end of the afternoon will be dry with some sunshine. the winds easing a little by the end of the day, but temperatures just 13 to 16 degrees. and temperatures will drop quite quickly under clear skies during wednesday evening. however, the c
in western areas we see cloud and rain spreading in, a strengthening breeze, so by the end of the night it will be turning milder in the west ii for belfast, 12 for plymouth still quite chilly to start the day across eastern areas. but for thursday, this frontal system dominates the weather that s going to bring some outbreaks of quite heavy rain southwards and eastward, the rain quite sporadic, quite on and off in nature. very windy to start the day, especially in north west scotland. the winds will ease a little through the day across northern areas it should brighten up a little bit here, too. further south, those winds will stay strong and gusty, exposed spots in england and wales seeing gusts in excess of a0 or 45 mph even through into the afternoon. temperatures still struggling 13 degrees for aberdeen, 17 in plymouth although, actually, that s about where we should be at this time of year. now, into the weekend, low pressure dominates. weather system spinning around