Met Office Weather: Showers & sunshine expected midweek

As we reach the midway point of the week, Wednesday’s weather will start with rain and showers, clearing by mid-morning, while Thursday begins cloudy but turns sunny, with patchy rain in the west later.

Wednesday morning will begin with locally heavy rain moving southeast across parts of England and Wales, accompanied by an area of showers pushing southeast. By mid-morning, the rain will clear the far southeast, leaving behind variable cloud cover and scattered showers. Temperatures will be around average or slightly higher, with highs reaching up to 19°C, although cooler in the southeast.

As the day progresses, showers will continue to scatter across the region, with some areas experiencing breaks in the cloud cover. The southeast will remain cooler compared to the north and west.

By evening, most showers will die out, but light rain and drizzle will affect northeastern Scotland, while patchy rain may develop across western parts of the UK. Low cloud is expected to spread inland from the North Sea into eastern and some central areas. Clear spells will occur elsewhere, with temperatures turning chilly and a few patches of fog developing overnight. In clearer areas across northern, western, and central parts, local frost may develop.

Thursday looking dry with risk of light showers

Thursday will start largely cloudy, with areas of low cloud affecting the east, particularly the northeast. This low cloud will break up or retreat to the coast throughout the morning, leading to good sunny spells. The majority of places will remain dry, with only a few light showers possible.

Later in the day, clouds will begin to thicken in western areas. Low cloud and patchy rain will arrive in the far southwest of England first, with more persistent rain reaching the west of Northern Ireland later in the day. Temperatures will be near normal to slightly warmer, following a chilly start, with highs around 19°C.

The evening will see the continuation of patchy rain and low cloud in the southwest, with more persistent rain moving into the west of Northern Ireland. Winds will be light to moderate, becoming locally fresh along the coasts in the northwest later in the day. Any overnight frost will likely be confined to upland or rural locations.

Clare Nasir, Met Office presenter and meteorologist said: “Hello and a very good morning to you on this Wednesday morning, which is wet.

“For some, showers will develop as we watch an area of low pressure gradually fade away as it sinks down towards the low countries. But this band of cloud and rain this morning, you could see some moderate pulses towards the southeast. And then some quieter weather, a few showers developing and then into Thursday. It's mostly fine.

“Now, for the time being, if you are stepping outside, you can see where the rain is. The southeast of England, the Midlands, East Wales, up towards places such as Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, also Lincolnshire, northern parts of Wales. A little rain continues across the far southeast of Northern Ireland. To the north of that, some clear skies towards the west.

“Watch out for one or two mist and fog patches. Thicker clouds further northeast and some rain reserved for Shetland as we head through the first part of the day. But it will be pleasant towards the west of Scotland.

“So, some brighter skies emerging across northern England. It will dry up across Northern Ireland, but we hang onto more clouds across central and southern areas. And with that one or two showers through the afternoon, the showers will develop further north as well.

“All in all, it's an improving picture where you see the rain through this morning, but certainly the clouds are going to be fairly slow to break through the afternoon. Temperatures typically around 16, 17 Celsius at the very best, cooler along this east coast, 12 or 13 degrees Celsius.

“Now as we head through Wednesday evening and overnight, some late sunshine to end the day across some parts. More cloud drifts in from the North Sea with a slight onshore breeze on this eastern side. Clearer skies further west.

“So, a quiet end to the night. It may be where the cloud's thick enough you could see the odd spot or two of rain. And a brisk wind towards the far north of Scotland. But through Thursday some fine weather, broken cloud, some sunshine coming through, even the cloud breaking towards the east at times, temperatures 16, 17 degrees Celsius.”

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