24/02/2014 BBC Weather

chilly start on Wednesday and there will be more rain overnight into

Thursday. will be more rain overnight into

Thursday. Good evening. We have a spell of wet

and windy weather working across the British Isles. Today brought many of

us some decent spells of sunshine and it brought us some decent

temperatures. In fact, our warmest day of the year so far.

At the moment, though, things have changed. This is the gap in the

satellite picture. Now, this curl of cloud looks like a snail's shell, it

is an area of low pressure that is sweeping wind and rain across us.

It's pushed into the west already and is now making rapid progress

eastwards, moving into eastern England through the small hours.

Strong, gusty winds around the Irish Sea coasts. The weather front will

weaken as it gets into eastern areas. Behind the weather front,

things are a good deal clearer and that is the way we will start

tomorrow. Our wet and windy weather, the worst of it is out of the way as

we look at Tuesday. There will be some sunshine around, but there will

be some hefty showers. First thing, a lot of sunshine. It is the showers

that pack in to the west and get driven eastwards on gusty winds.

That will be the real feature. For the South West, for Wales and the

Midlands, the risk of some heavy downpours. Eastern England largely

fine with some sunshine. Feeling a little cooler than it has done

today. Showers for Cumbria, for Northern Ireland and for much of

Scotland, the North East looking driest and clearest through the

afternoon. If you do encounter some of the showers, you will know about

it - they will be heavy. Some areas will escape them, but there are

quite a few w to go round. Wednesday sees the showers focussing on

western Scotland. Some early on for Northern Ireland. This band of rain

will work its way later on Wednesday overnight into Thursday from west to

east. Thursday, a bit like tomorrow, we will start with some rain to the

far east. That should pull away through the day. Then we will see

some hefty showers. Friday, another day potentially of sunshine and

showers. If anything, the showers will be lighter on Friday. Quite a

spring-like picture for the coming days. A lot of sunshine on the way

for most of us. You can get more details on bbc.co.uk/weather.