Day 29 - Rather cloudy.

The rather quiet theme to the weather continues today thanks to high pressure sitting to the east of the country. However, the first signs of changes are appearing as cloud and rain associated with Atlantic weather systems tries to move into western areas. With light winds, some mist and fog has formed overnight, particularly over central and eastern parts of Britain, and this may take a while to clear. In fact for some areas it may only lift into misty low cloud, resulting in rather a dull day. For many areas there will be a fair amount of cloud around today with sunshine at a premium. Whilst all parts will be mild today, the best of any sunshine will probably be found over Wales and southwest England, and here temperatures will reach around 18C. Some patchy rain is likely at times over Ireland and western Scotland as those weather fronts edge closer, but we're not expecting anything too significant or heavy to arrive until tomorrow. This means the quiet theme continues tonight, with some mist and fog forming in the east again, but freshening winds in the west will prevent this. Friday sees strengthening winds in the west, and a wet day is expected for Ireland and western Scotland. To the east it will be dry, if rather cloudy, for much of the day, but the rain will move eastwards across most parts by Friday night. However, with high pressure still to the east, it may be well into Saturday before the rain reaches the extreme east. One this system has finally pushed through, we are then watching some very unsettled conditions to sweep in by Sunday with heavy rain and severe gales developing...