10/04/2014 BBC Weather

weather stays with us into the weekend

weather stays with us into the weekend and for the London Marathon

as well. Parts of Australia are about to be

hit by a powerful cyclone bringing whether that is just about as bad as

it gets with winds gusting over 100 miles an hour and potentially

flooding rain. First of all, back home our weather could not be more

different. Settled weather generally for the next few days including the

weekend. Tonight temperatures are falling sharply and it is a cold

night in northern areas. In the countryside it will be down to just

two or three Celsius. Some pockets of fog are likely. Showers in

western Scotland, but generally there will be some dry and fine

weather around. It will be a sparkling start to the day in

northern England. Some fog and mist patches in south Wales and

south-west England. We will have more cloud in the Midlands, East

Anglia and the South East. There will be a few showers through the

course of the day, in Sussex and Kent, but it will be hit and miss.

Generally a dry and a bright day with most of us seeing spells of

sunshine. That will lift the temperatures back up to about

average for this time of the year. We could get 16 or 17 close by

London. With this area of high pressure still controlling things,

certainly in the south, as we go into the weekend there will be more

fine weather. But we have a complication in the north and the

breeze picks up and there will be rain on Saturday morning and this

will edge into northern England later on in the day. But the

temperatures could get into the mid-teens. On Sunday there is a

brisk breeze in the north, but further south it is looking fine and

it is good news for the London Marathon. A chilly start, but

temperatures of 17 or 18 which maybe a bit high the afternoon. Now, onto

the storm arriving in northern Queensland. Winds of well over 100

miles an hour as it slams into the North Queensland coastline, bringing

with more live TV coverage than ever before.

The hardiest annuals return for another spectacular display.