Day 27 - Contrasts.

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A real mixed bag of weather across Britain and Ireland today with summer like conditions developing for some, whilst more traditional autumnal wind and rain affects other parts. Low pressure is centred out over the Atlantic, but its associated weather fronts are moving northwards across Britain. Meanwhile, with high pressure to the east, winds are now being drawn in from a southerly direction, bringing increasingly mild conditions with them as the air comes from the Canary Islands! Its a cloudy start to the day across many parts, and much of the north and west is wet with some heavy rain around. Brighter skies are already feeding into the south though, and as we go through the day these sunnier skies will make their way across many central and southern areas. Temperatures will respond to this, with highs of around 19C in places - well above normal for the end of October. It will be mild in the north too, despite the cloud and rain hanging around for much of the day. There will be some drier spells, but at the same time some of the rain will be heavy and persistent when it comes along. Another band of rain will move into Ireland later today, and this band of rain will move eastwards tonight and into tomorrow, weakening as it does so. This means a mild night ahead tonight for all parts, but with a lot of cloud around. Tomorrow see's the remains of that front clearing the east, with any light rain soon easing. This will leave a fair amount of cloud in its wake, with sunshine somewhat at a premium. It will still be very mild though, and this theme is set to continue through to the weekend...