:00:00. > :00:00.a bit of sunshine. The output, it is set to stay the same towards the
:00:00. > :00:08.weekend. Now Nick Miller with the National forecast.
:00:09. > :00:14.I doubt you need me today that for most places, April was a dry month
:00:15. > :00:17.and if you colour the map depending on how much rainfall you had
:00:18. > :00:20.according to the Met office, it looked round, drier than average,
:00:21. > :00:23.and a flick of white in Devon, more in Scotland, close to average and a
:00:24. > :00:29.bit of blue in the far north-west, some places wetter than normal but
:00:30. > :00:32.foremost, it was dry and the UK as a whole, the tenth driest April on
:00:33. > :00:37.record, and quite a contrast between wettest and driest in the month,
:00:38. > :00:41.including that list of -- bit of blue in north-west Scotland, 223
:00:42. > :00:44.millimetres but in Edinburgh, one weather station recorded just three
:00:45. > :00:48.nanometres. We are continuing that dry theme into May. Now we are
:00:49. > :00:51.talking about temperature contrast. Yesterday, the warmest day of the
:00:52. > :00:57.year so far in Northern Ireland but today it was the turn of Scotland,
:00:58. > :01:01.21 Celsius the top, the warmest day of the year so far. But just ten
:01:02. > :01:04.around the Humber, cloudy and breezy from the sea and these are the
:01:05. > :01:08.contrasts that are set to continue as long as that breeze blows which
:01:09. > :01:10.is for a few more days yet. The day ended with more showers in
:01:11. > :01:14.south-east England and they are fading, by the end of the night,
:01:15. > :01:18.patchy rain coming back into East Anglia and the south-east in parts,
:01:19. > :01:32.but not much. Clear and dry in the north and west, Chile
:01:33. > :01:35.in the countryside with a touch of frost, especially sheltered glens in
:01:36. > :01:38.Scotland, after the one-day and a few fog patches as we start the day
:01:39. > :01:40.tomorrow in northern Scotland, not lasting long. Plenty of sunshine for
:01:41. > :01:42.Scotland and Northern Ireland and Northern counties of England.
:01:43. > :01:43.Elsewhere in England, cloud increasing, pushing onto Wales
:01:44. > :01:46.although Anglesey will hold onto blue skies. Maybe the odd light
:01:47. > :01:48.shower but especially East Anglia and the south-east England, a bit of
:01:49. > :01:50.patchy, light rain and a stronger, cool breeze, feeling very different
:01:51. > :01:53.tomorrow, not so warm in western Scotland, maybe not as warm as
:01:54. > :01:57.today. From cloud across southern parts, to end the day tomorrow,
:01:58. > :02:01.again some light showers, still tomorrow night and into Thursday,
:02:02. > :02:04.the odd hit and miss light shower around, some sunny spells for
:02:05. > :02:08.Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, maybe not as much
:02:09. > :02:12.clear blue sky as the past few days. Breeze picking up across southern
:02:13. > :02:15.areas, strong and gusty going into Friday, two, pegging the
:02:16. > :02:19.temperatures back along the North Sea coast compared with elsewhere,
:02:20. > :02:22.maybe a bit brighter across southern parts on Friday. With high pressure
:02:23. > :02:25.in control for the weekend, keeping low pressure at bay, the flow from
:02:26. > :02:28.the North Sea along eastern coastal areas, mean West is best for
:02:29. > :02:29.sunshine and TV: He's not your father.
:02:30. > :02:43.WOMAN GASPS