This week starts on a rather damp and grey note but there will be plenty of fine and warm weather for much of England and Wales. Scotland and N.Ireland will also see some fair weather tomorrow but then there will be more cloud and rain around particularly for northern and western areas.

A damp, grey start for many today

This morning there is an occluded front moving from S.Scotland into N.England bringing some heavier bursts of rain and allowing a cooler flow of air from the north. Low cloud and light rain continue to feed into northern and eastern Scotland as the rain band brings further bursts of rain possibly thundery ones today. The low pressure centre is just out in the North Sea and will keep the unsettled showery bursts going over eastern England and even Cumbria well into the afternoon.

Further south we have weather fronts which have approached SW UK as a warm front. This is bringing damp, grey conditions to SW England, southern England and just into south Wales this morning. There are still a few heavier pulses for Devon and Cornwall but this band of rain is sinking southwards off into the Channel, so a great improvement for SW England and central southern England this afternoon as they join in the bright weather over Wales, the Midlands, N.Ireland, SW Scotland and see some sunshine. SE England will take longer to improve.

Brightening for many through the day



N.Ireland will be sunny and fine with a light NW wind and temperatures of 16C but only 11C on the north coast in a moderate breeze. Wales will be bright with sunny spells, up to 17C in the SE but cooler in the moderate to fresh NW wind, so widely 11 to 13C. A much better morning for Glasgow and western Scotland will have some fine weather, Central belt 15 to 17C but cooler along the coast in a fresh North wind. Northern Scotland stays cloudy but some brighter spells inland and for the east as the showers fade but a brisk cool breeze 12 to 14C. For England, the west breeze veers to the NW and freshens, so making some parts feel cooler. In the strong sunshine 16 or 17C will still feel warm but other places will struggle in the breeze with more cloud and the eastern showers.