High pressure over the UK is going to bring a fine, settled day. To start with some parts, mainly in the west have clear blue skies and sunshine. Other areas, eastern Britain, the far north and the Midlands have a grey start with low cloud which is left over from yesterday or has drifted in from the North Sea.

BLue sky for western areas

It will brighten up slowly but not as glorious as Wales, N.Ireland and SW England today. The thicker cloud near eastern coasts may make it feel a bit damp first thing but mostly it will be a dry day with light winds. Eastern England will have a moderate North wind this morning, as the low pressure which brought the showers yesterday slowly edges away eastwards. By this afternoon the winds will be light for all but NE Norfolk. We have forecast temperatures of 17 or 18C for the Central Belt and N.Ireland. Cooler for N&E Scotland at 14C. Wales 14 to 18C west to east and England 17 to 22C north to south but only 13C for some North Sea coasts.

The pollen count will be high, even through central Scotland and N.Ireland, very high for Wales and W.England in the sunshine.

Warmth with light winds means high pollen levels return