Issued: 0630hrs Friday 05 April 2024
Duty forecaster: John

Saturday 06 April(br> Cloudy with rain across Scotland being prolonged and heavy for a time through the morning across Western Isles, Highland to Shetland moving away northwards through the morning. Further rain and showers will follow from the southwest into Ayrshire, Galloway to Borders. temperatures 8 to 10C generally likely 12C for Moray to Borders with a fresh Sw wind. Gales across Western Isles. Cloudy through the morning across Antrim, to Cumbria across to Yorkshire with further outbreak of rain though easing later in the morning. Remaing generally cloudy across Antrim, into Wales, later Cornwall to Hampshire, into the midlands to Cumbria during the afternoon with showers and later a longer spell of rain temperatures 12 to 14C during the afternoon. Sunshine and scattered showers across Yorkshire to Kent during the afternoon with temperatures 16C across Norfolk. Becoming windy with fresh SW wind Evening rain and showers will clear away eastwards to give a mainly dry night, 8 to 10C. Clou though will increase into western locations with outbreaks of rain for Wales across Cumbria and southern Scotland.
Sunday 07 April
A cloudy start across Cornwall and Devon, all of Wales into Lancashire to Dumfries with a mix of rain heavy Argyll into Higland to Fife and Borders and showers into Hamphire. The remainder of the morning a mix of sunshine and showers for all of England and Wales though Bedforshire to Kent may well remain dry with any showers well scattered. Temperatures 8 to 10C for Scotland, 12 to 14 generally with a fresh SW wind. Gales continuing across Western Isles. Rain and showers contining for a time overnight for Western Isles and Highland.