Today sees high pressure over the UK, bringing lighter winds, which I’m glad about after being buffeted about for the past few days. The high will also give us dry, bright and sunny conditions but it is a chilly start this morning inland. The calm, clear weather with this cool-ish air meant a nippy night with temperatures down to 3 Celsius for N.Ireland and southern Britain but some spots even lower with a, rather late, touch of frost. I’m nearer the coast and the thermometer says 8C so I’m hoping my runner bean seedlings are doing okay out there.

The sunshine will get to work nicely today though and it will feel pleasantly warm, reaching 19 or 20C in London. Southern Britain and Manchester will see 17C inland, Wales, N.Ireland, SW Scotland, N.England around 15C but NE England and NE Scotland will be cooler at 9 to 11C.



The brisk NW winds affecting NE Britain do ease off this morning but the light wind off the North Sea will make it feel cooler here. There will be a scattering of showers over northern Scotland for the next few hours but they do fade as the high builds in. The higher ground of NW England, the Dales northwards could see a few sharp showers develop late afternoon, maybe a few over Snowdonia, but it really is going to be a fine and dry day for most.

Chilly again tonight particularly for Scotland. The easterly wind picks up a bit this evening and then cloud and rain approach SW Britain with freshening SE winds. So a drastic change for Cornwall and Devon, Dorset, Somerset and southern Wales for tomorrow morning with heavy rain and gusty winds, feeling like winter.