Issued: 0630hrs Wednesday 13 March 2024
Duty forecaster: John

Thursday 14 March A windy day with fresh to strong SW winds for all, with gales likely for Western Isles. Cloudy to start across Scotland with outbreaks of rain, heavy and prolonged Aryshire, Argyll across Highland to Borders through the morning with sunshine and blustery showers following 6-8C generally. Cloudy to start across Wales into Lancashire and later Yorkshire with rain becoming patchy during the afternoon, 8-10C. Eastern England to midlands and all of rest of England mainly dry though generally cloudy morning, cloud breaking midlands and eastwards during the afternoon 12 to 14C Yorkshire to Kent. Remaining cloudy overnight rain continuing across Scotland and NW England, elsewhere generally dry with variable cloud Friday 15 March
Sunshine and showers across Scotland and into northern England, showers often merging to give a longer period of rain Wales and SW England to start, showers becoming widespread across remainder of England during the day with sunshine where cloud breaks. A windy day generally fresh SW wind, temperatures 10C