Rain this morning along southern coast of England, but this will soon be clearing. Becoming brighter across much of England and Wales, although a few showers affecting western England and Wales. Claudia for Scotland and the far north of England as well as Ireland with low-pressure just west of Scotland, generating showers. The showers will be heavy and thundery at times and may merge into more persistent rain over western Scotland. Not much change this afternoon with further heavy showers, becoming widespread across much of Scotland and Ireland. The focus for the showers is being western Scotland and Northern Ireland. A further area of showers developing across central, eastern and southern England, where some of these will be thundery with local downpours. A tendency towards more scattered showers in the north and west of England with some sunny spells. A moderate westerly breeze developing in southern England and southern Ireland, NE in northern Scotland and light and variable elsewhere. Highs at 24C in southeast England, 19C in southern Ireland, 21C in northern England, 15C in Scotland and 16C in Northern Ireland.

Wednesday Night
Showers fading from eastern parts of England this evening. The area of heavy, thundery, showers, and longer spells of rain slips south through southern Scotland, northern and eastern island, as well as northern England and the north and west of Wales. Further showers could affect south-west England. The rest of Scotland will be cloudy with some showers in the north. Lows at 8C in central Scotland, 11C in southern England.

Thursday
The area of low pressure sinks south through Thursday. Will be bringing heavy and sundry showers or longer spells of rain across much of northern England, the Midlands and Wales, eventually slipping into East Anglia and southern England too. Sunshine and showers. Follow to Scotland on the spreading to northern England in the afternoon. Brighter across Southwest England, although even hear that could be an occasional shower. Scattered showers in Ireland and northern Scotland. Highs at 22C in southeast England but 17C in central Wales and northern England as well as Ireland, just 12C in northern Scotland.

Friday
A weak ridge of high pressure building from the west through Friday. Sunny spells in the morning although with a few showers over western, northern and eastern coasts. The showers will be developing more widely inland through the day with some of these thundery, especially in the Midlands, Wales and East Anglia. Fewer showers in Scotland and Ireland. Highs at 21C in southern England, 14C in Scotland and 16C in Ireland.