Scotland

It’s a real soaker out there this afternoon with fairly strong southwest winds. Temperatures are mild thanks to the warm source region in which winds are blowing from with highs of 12 to 15C, locally 16C along the brighter and sheltered Moray Firth. Through tonight, rain continues to fall heavy for many, especially over the upslope areas of the Southern Uplands and Highlands where an inch of rain will have already fallen through the day.

Winds are expected to pick up with gusts across exposed areas of the South, up to 50-60 mph tonight. Lows tonight are mild at 5-7C.

Through Thursday winds turn NW’erly and ease as they do, making it feel a little cooler thanks to the change in wind direction, so therefore highs rise to only 9-12C. The rain will become more scattered, perhaps more showery in nature but where it falls, it could be just as heavy as today.

Conditions settle down by Friday and into the weekend as high pressure builds in from the Azores.

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England

It’s been a mild, even muggy afternoon across parts of England with a few spots where the sun is shinning strongest, temps may approach 18-20C this afternoon, elsewhere it’s fairly cloudy up across the North Midlands and North where there’s outbreaks of rain, also along western upslopes.

Through this evening, winds become strong with widespread gales across western and northern parts in particular. Gust of 50-65 mph could pose a slight damage threat across parts of Cumbria, Lancashire and over the exposed Pennines and North York Moors overnight tonight, heavy rain will also be a feature in the North and West also, watch out for some localised flooding.

Froim the Midlands on south and east, it’s less windy, though still blustery and mild. Lows everywhere won’t drop below 5-6C, holding at 10 to 12C in the South.

Thursday is looking blustery with heavy, thundery showers which will be focused over western and northern parts but these showers may spread across the Midlands, even the South, but here they’re less promanent.

Highs will be down on today at 9-14C.

Conditions settle down by Friday and into the weekend as high pressure builds in from the Azores.

Wales

It’s a mixed bag of weather across Wales today with bright or even sunny spells in sheltered areas downwind of the mountains and it’s here where temps are warming to 15 or 16C with a few spots in the North reaching 17 or 18C. For upslope areas it’s very different with heavy, squally rain driven in by gale-force winds off the Irish Sea.

Tonight and those winds pick up with parts of the NW and down the west coast likely to see gusts to 70 mph, with widespread gusts to 50 mph for inland areas. It turns drier through the course of the night, staying mild at 5-8C.

Thursday will see winds ease and turn from a SW to NW direction and that means a cooler day than today. Morning and early afternoon showers will be heavy and thundery with hail mixed in but it turns drier and brighter mid to late afternoon. Highs range from 9-12C.

Conditions settle down by Friday and into the weekend as high pressure builds in from the Azores.

Northern Ireland

After a rather dismal April day across Ulster, it’s an even worse night to come as winds pick up from the SW and that means gales across the country with gusts of up to 60 mph possible over higher, exposed ground. While showery to begin the overnight period, a band of heavy and persistent rain will spread into Tyrone and the SW during the second half of the night and this may bring local flooding.

Watch out for some minor damage from those gusts tonight. Lows no lower than 5-7C.

Through your Thursday and it’s looking like the heaviest, most organised rain pushes out into the Channel but heavy, blustery showers will follow for a time before sunshine appears for many through the afternoon. Winds ease and turn NW’erly and so highs are not as mild as today at 9-11C.

Conditions settle down by Friday and into the weekend as high pressure builds in from the Azores.

Ireland

It’s a rough night to come across Ireland with heavy rain driven in by gale or severe gales out of the SW with gusts likely along the coast, esp Donegal, of up to 70 mph, elsewhere, inland western parts, the Midlands and North will see gusts of 40-55 mph tonight and coupled with heavy rain, it’s a nasty one to come with some spots in the western upslopes likely to see well over an inch or rain. Watch for flooding in places.

Through Thursday and it’s an improving picture with rain and wind easing down, sunshine should return through the late morning into the afternoon for many but winds shift from SW to NW and so it’s not going to be as mild as today at 9-13C.

Conditions settle down by Friday and into the weekend as high pressure builds in from the Azores.

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