:00:09. > :00:12.the BBC London team, do have a very In good evening.
:00:12. > :00:19.If you have been watching the weather, she will know it has been
:00:19. > :00:22.a week of contrast and certainly today -- you. It was grey and cold
:00:22. > :00:26.today under leaden skies in part of the West Midlands and Wales in
:00:26. > :00:31.particular. But just down the M40, bright sunshine across parts of
:00:31. > :00:34.south-east England and East Anglia, it felt like early summer with a
:00:34. > :00:38.high of 19 degrees, the warmest day of the year so far. We will not see
:00:38. > :00:42.each seat -- see such a dramatic contrast over the next few days but
:00:42. > :00:46.we will see some rain are pushing into Northern Ireland and Scotland,
:00:46. > :00:51.turning increasingly damp. One or two heavy bursts and a freshening
:00:51. > :00:55.breeze. A bit of fog across central and eastern parts of England but
:00:55. > :00:59.not the -- to the extent of last night, and the cloud will hold
:01:00. > :01:05.temperatures above freezing. Those between three and seven degrees. It
:01:05. > :01:08.will be a slow start tomorrow, with some low cloud and mist. We will
:01:08. > :01:12.have rain across Northern Ireland and Scotland of the patchy nature,
:01:12. > :01:16.staggering its way slowly eastwards into some North western fringes of
:01:16. > :01:19.England and Wales, but further south and east, you will stay find
:01:19. > :01:24.and I am hopeful that for Cheltenham, for the Gold Cup, it
:01:24. > :01:28.should stay bright if rather cloudy with a freshening breeze. Cloudier
:01:28. > :01:33.towards the western coast, but rain turning up across west Wales later
:01:33. > :01:37.on. Most central and eastern parts of Wales will have a fine day,
:01:38. > :01:42.though. 13 or 14 degrees. Right across eastern part of northern
:01:42. > :01:46.England. Further west, some damp as turning up for Scotland and
:01:46. > :01:50.Northern Ireland. But improving the further north and west you go.
:01:50. > :01:54.Looking ahead to Saturday, the weather front Peps up across
:01:54. > :01:58.England and Wales and we could see some heavy bursts of rain. Some
:01:58. > :02:02.thunder as well, staggering from west to east. Quite cool and cloudy
:02:02. > :02:06.and damp but Scotland and Northern Ireland, not a bad day. Some
:02:06. > :02:10.sunshine to be had. Some uncertainty about how quickly
:02:10. > :02:14.things will clear-up but still a front dangling across them off
:02:14. > :02:18.seven eastern part of the UK on Sunday, so still the potential of
:02:18. > :02:21.some lively showers, and breezy as well. Northern England and Northern
:02:21. > :02:25.Ireland and Scotland seeing the best of the sunshine but