Day 31 - cloudy with rain

Cloudy with rain at times for much of England and Wales, with perhaps a few brighter intervals at times in an easterly breeze. Dry in Northern Ireland and Scotland however, after morning fog clears, with Scotland seeing some bright periods.

Day 30 - see below

Sunshine with occasional showers for most, particularly in western parts, with some perhaps turning thundery at times. More persistent rain and strong winds should arrive in the far southwest towards the evening, with gales in the far north easing later.

Day 29 - strong southerlies

Today looks set to see some very wet weather developing over parts of Ireland and western Scotland for a time and the risk of rain will spread to many areas during the day with south-eastern parts probably staying dry until dusk. This changeable and mild theme then continues through the weekend and into next week.

Day 28 - wet & windy...again.

A deep area of low pressure passing close to northwest Britain today will bring some further wet weather to western parts as well as some strong winds. However, with the winds continuing to come in from a south or south-westerly direction it will remain on the mild side.

A waving cold front is lying across western districts today and will bring outbreaks of rain at times to many parts of Scotland, Ireland, Wales and western parts of England. The rain is likely to intensify as we go through the day, with some particularly heavy bursts expected over Ireland and southwest Scotland at times. Southwest Scotland is our main area of concern, and we have a Weather Watch out for the possibility of some very wet conditions developing here later on. Meanwhile, for much of the rest of England it will be a mostly dry day with some bright spells and just the odd shower around before some more persistent rain pushes in from the southwest later this afternoon. It will be windy in many areas again, but mild once more.

The rain continues to move northeast tonight, clearing most areas by the early hours of Saturday. Many places will then become clearer, but a scattering of showers can be expected around western and southern coasts. Saturday will then be a brighter day for many parts with sunny spells, but further showers are likely around windward coasts where they will be heavy at times. Later in the day, the next area of rain will push into the far southwest, and this rain will affect south-western areas on Saturday night, before extending to other southern districts on Sunday, although weakening by then. It will be drier and brighter towards the north though, and by Monday many places look like enjoying a dry and bright day before wet and windy weather arrives in the west later.

Day 27 - rain

Tuesday night was mild and windy night for many parts, with another band of rain coming in from the west. The rain will move east so that by early Wednesday it lies across southern and eastern areas with clearer spells and showers following elsewhere. The heaviest and most frequent of the showers will be towards northwest Scotland where it will be windy with a risk of gales. Once the rain leaves south-eastern areas on Wednesday morning, many places will be dry with some sunny spells. However, showers, sometimes heavy and prolonged, will affect many north-western regions and it will remain pretty windy.

The mild and unsettled theme then continues through to the end of the week, with some very wet and very windy weather likely towards the north and west at times whilst southern and eastern areas see the best of any drier and brighter weather.

Day 26 - rain and wind.

Cloudy with occasional rain and strong to gale force southwesterly winds. Some of the rain is likely to be heavy at times, especially in the north. Feeling less cold.

Day 25 - Frosty start. High pressure

Crisp, cold and frosty first thing with a few fog patches. Otherwise, mainly dry and sunny with light winds, but becoming cloudier in Northern Ireland and western Scotland with a chance of rain by evening.