There are conflicts with today’s weather. High pressure is trying to nose in from the SW bringing settled; calmer conditions with strong warm sunshine but weather fronts from a low between Greenland and Iceland are bringing more cloud and very patchy rain. There is still the cool W or NW flow, making the air feel disappointing although the sun cheers everything up when it appears.

High pressure to the SW while weather fronts bring more cloud

There are going to be spells of fine weather for southern Britain over the next few days and often in the east but always with a good deal of cloud and the threat of rain interruptions from the west. Northern parts stay cool and quite unsettled at the weekend although Monday looks wetter for England and Wales.

For today the best of the sunshine will be across SW Britain. So SW England, the West Country, south Wales and central southern England. Other parts of England and Wales are starting off with sunny spells but the cloud in the north will increase during the day. Sheltered spots in the SW could see 19 to 21C, away from the light to moderate NW wind and the brisk West wind through the English Channel.

Best for southwestern UK