Low pressure is in charge for the rest of this week, so if it’s dry, sunny and settled weather you are after, then you may be disappointed. An area of low pressure will cross northern Britain today, bringing sunshine and showers, with thunder and hail locally, with a fresh, breezy feel in the south. Wednesday will bring another day of sunshine and showers, breezy again in the south. Thursday is probably looking the driest day of the week, but still with a few showers in places, before a rather deep area of low pressure for the time of year swings in towards Ireland on Friday, bringing a spell of heavy and thundery rain across the south Thursday night, before spreading to the north Friday morning, followed by strong winds, sunshine and heavy thundery showers, gales around coasts.

Today

For now, most are off to a dry and sunny start across the UK, but there have been heavy showers from the word go across some western areas, showers prolonged and merging into longer spells of heavy rain across southwest and central Scotland – so some tricky driving conditions possible here for the morning commute.

Despite the dry and sunny but breezy start for many away from some western parts seeing those showers, cloud will bubble up through the morning and into the afternoon, with showers breaking out and becoming more widespread across much of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some of the showers will be heavy, with some thunderstorms developing locally too, perhaps accompanied by hail and gusty winds. Showers will be slow-moving across the north, so some places could see a lot of rain in a short-space of time leading to localised flooding. Some places may escape the showers and storms and stay dry and sunny, more particularly along southern coastal areas and the far SE of England – where the onshore southwesterly flow will keep showers building inland away.