Yesterday we saw the temperature reach 21.3C at Gravesend in Kent, but overnight a cold front swept through all areas, so Thursday will see a cooler day everywhere in the keen westerly or northwesterly breeze.

Heavy, possibly thundery, showers for some today

For much of England and Wales, it will be a mostly dry day with decent sunny spells and variable amounts of cloud. But across Scotland, NW England and Northern Ireland we will see a mixture of sunshine and showers throughout the day. Showers will be wintry in nature across the Scottish mountains and there will be a risk of hail and thunder in the heavier showers. Still feeling quite pleasant in the sunshine with shelter across the south, with temperatures reaching 18C in London, 16C in Norwich, 14C in Cardiff. Cooler in the north, with temperatures reaching 12C in Belfast, 11C in Manchester and Edinburgh.

We hang on to the showers this evening and overnight across Scotland, though where skies clear for long enough, it will turn cold with a touch of frost in sheltered Glens. Further south, mostly dry for much of the night, though a frontal wave running east off the Atlantic will bring a band of rain and strengthening winds in across Ireland and Northern Ireland, reaching NW England and Wales by dawn.

Rain totals on Friday