Tuesday sees a deep area of low pressure sweep past the NW of Britain, the same low that was a few days ago bringing blizzards to eastern USA. Ex-storm Jonas has now lost much of the cold air within it as it crosses the relatively mild Atlantic Ocean, so what we will see is wind and rain from it.

Strong southerly winds have moved in overnight across the west, gusting to 50-60mph over exposed parts of Ireland, Wales and SW Scotland, with higher gusts over higher ground. Rain is already across northern and western areas and will continue through much of the morning, the rain heavy across higher ground, particularly slopes exposed to the southerly wind. Further southeast, it will be dry and perhaps bright at first across southern England and East Anglia, before the rain further west reaches here during the afternoon accompanied by a strengthening southerly wind reaching gale force. More persistent rain will eventually clear northern and northwestern areas through the afternoon and early evening, followed by showers and remaining windy, but it will likely remain wet across Wales and SW England.

Mild everywhere, temperatures reaching 11-13C widely.