Garry: Showers in the west this morning, locally clustering together into frequent rain, but there's plenty of dry weather around, best in the east today.

Garry: Scattered showers across the country this afternoon, fewest toward the east. A good amount of sunshine.

Garry: Lots of showers across the north- west this afternoon, but well scattered in the south with sunny spells.

Garry: A band of rain is passing south-east across central-southern England this morning. Brighter skies follow. Heavy showers in Scotland & N.Ireland, risk hail & thunder.

Simon: Rain arrives in western Scotland i the next few hours, becoming increasingly breezy here. Drier England and eastern Wales as well as eastern Ireland.

Simon: Strong gusts now hitting Scotland, 40-50mph at low levels but 112mph on top of Ben Nevis. Latest wind map here.

Simon: A murky and damp start for much of England and Wales this morning, more persistent rain in Scotland. Brighter weather arrives from the west, into Ireland this morning, Scotland by midday, then northern England, Wales, the western Midlands and southwest England this afternoon.

Simon: brighter weather now arriving from the west. It's turned into a fair afternoon for Ireland and eastern Scotland, although some showers in the west. Plenty of sunshine heading to west Wales, northwest and southwest England too.

Garry: Persistent rain across Wales & the west this morning. Drizzly outbreaks spreading gradually east & north. Cloudy for most today, some sun NE this morning.

Garry: Rain or drizzle affects many areas this afternoon. Brightest in far N of Scotland.

John: Rain is clearing from eastern Britain. Heavy showers to affect an area from Wales into western Scotland.

John: heavy rain in affecting western Scotland and Northern Ireland. This will be very slow moving with central and eastern areas dry, sunnier and warmer. Very windy in the west with gusts around 50 mph around exposed coasts.

Simon: heavier rain now into western Scotland, and rain for western Ireland too. The winds are starting to pick up as well in the west.

Simon: A chilly start to today but for most it will be dry and become fairly warm. Becoming windy in Ireland and western Scotland with gales, then rain this afternoon and evening.

Simon: An improving day today with morning rain for some, fading away then becoming brighter from the west.

Simon: A fine afternoon ahead of a chilly night.

Simon: Further heavy, scattered showers in England and Wales this afternoon as more persistent rain crosses Ireland and western Scotland.

Simon: Some sharp showers passing through southern England and into the Midlands this morning, these into northern England this evening. At the same time a cold front crosses Ireland and reaches western Scotland with more persistent rain here.

Garry: Dry for most places this afternoon, some sunshine, best toward the north & west, more cloud south & east. Isolated patches of drizzly rain.

Garry: Dry for most tonight, although a few showers continue this evening in the far south-east of England, and drizzly rain affects western Ireland.

Garry: Some persistent rain across eastern England this evening. A zone of rain or drizzle extends across central counties. Drier to the west & north.

Garry: Grey and damp across central regions this morning, and staying dull in east all day. Brighter skies developing slowly from north-west.

John: A few dense fog patches across England otherwise a dry day to come. Rain runs in across Northern Ireland and then western Scotland.

John: a band of rain has cleared Northern Ireland and is moving into Scotland. This weakens as it moves into northern England and Wales tonight.

John: central and eastern parts of England will be cloudy with some patchy bits of rain. Most of this fades through the day.

Simon: Some heavy bursts of thundery rain in the east of the UK today as fresher weather spreads from the west.

John: an area of heavy rain is now across eastern England and this is likely to persist throughout the afternoon.

Simon: Some thundery showers developing in central and southern England in the next few hours.

Simon: Thundery showers developing over central and southern England today, more tonight as rain edges east.

Simon: Could be some isolated but torrential thundery showers developing in the next few hours in England and Wales.

Simon: A warm night ahead, close too. Hope you can sleep well!

Simon: Storms now tracking north into south wales and central southern England. Making their way to rest of Wales and Midlands in next few hours.

Simon: Outbreaks of rain in western areas this morning, some thunderstorms spreading north through southwest England and Wales this afternoon, eventually reaching NW England. A hot day in the east. Much fresher in Ireland.

Simon: More rain to come tonight in Ireland and western Scotland, the heaviest in eastern Ireland.

John: quite a chilly morning with temperatures into single figures across much of England and as low as 5C in the far south.

John: apart from a few showers in the north west, today will be fine and dry with good spells of sunshine.

John: lots of fine sunshine prevails across England and Wales with more cloud across Scotland and Northern Ireland.

John: an area of heavy rain stretches from Humberside down through the Midlands into central southern England. This will be rather slow moving, not clearing the south east until evening.

John: the rain has become much lighter but still lingers across eastern parts of England.

Simon: Plenty of cloud around today. Winds increasing in the west with gales in Ireland and western Scotland as rain passes east.

John: Very windy in the west with gusts to 51mph recorded at Capel Curig. Heavy rain is now across Scotland, Northern Ireland and Cumbria.

Simon: Heavy bursts of rain in the west this morning, these fading as they pass east.

Simon: A much fresher afternoon for all now. Heavy rain in northeast Scotland for another couple of hours.

Simon: A band of showers passing east over the UK in the next few hours, then turning drier again fro the west.

Simon: It's a damp morning in parts of western and northern Scotland, a few spots of drizzle over the Southern Uplands too. Drier elsewhere in the UK and Ireland although with a fair amount of cloud. Another very warm and humid day ahead as the cloud breaks.

Simon: A generally dry afternoon with sunny spells, staying warm too.

Simon: Cloudy and misty this morning for many. The cloud breaks with sunny spells developing for many.

Simon: Some bright spells this afternoon for some, feeling humid. Still plenty of cloud over much of England, Wales & Ireland.

Simon: Plenty of cloud around today with some drizzle or patchy rain passing east this morning. Some bright spells developing during the day, feeling humid in the sunshine too.

John: Patchy bits of rain across the country will clear by afternoon with much of the country dry. An area of rain and drizzle spreads in across the western half of Britain tonight with rising temperatures behind the front.

John: another pulse of heavy rain is running up across southern England.

John: a change today as an area of very heavy rain sweeps in across most places through the day and across England and Wales it will be accompanied by strong winds. A better day tomorrow and turning summery next week.

Simon: Cloudier south and southeast today with some spots of rain. Brighter north and west but a few showers on coasts.

Simon: A quiet night ahead of a wetter Saturday for most.

Garry: A fine day for many today, but rain will develop for Northern Ireland & western Scotland.

Garry: Patchy rain north & west to end the day, but dry and warm south & east.