Southern Warmth Fading To A Widespread Cool, Dry & Settled Spell

While the south and south east of the UK are basking in very mild temperatures (it's already the warmest day of the year so far at 23.5c in Writtle, Essex, and it's only just gone 1pm as I write this), a little further north it's a very different picture as a slow moving cold front continues to edge south.

Conditions at lunchtime today

The cold front continues its slow progress south overnight, with a few patchy spells of light rain or drizzle possible over central England & Wales, away from the cloud, it'll be a chilly night with a touch of frost north of the front. Any remaining showers fizzle out by tomorrow, so the front is really just a cloud band by this time, though some showers are still likely for the far north, and north west in particular.

The wide spread in temperatures will be a little closer together tomorrow much of the warmth is pushed away with only a few spots in central southern and south western England in the high teens or low twenties, and a chilly north easterly flow will make it feel much fresher than it has been in the south east in particular.

Chilly breeze off the North Sea

And with high pressure taking charge, we can expect plenty of bright spells, though the cool breeze off the North Sea will keep things chillier for the south, especially in the east and around the coasts, and eastern areas generally will see more in the way of cloud blowing in.