it certainly feels like spring, but midweek, it gets chilly. we are bathed in the atlantic west or south west lease, high pressure keeping things dry to the south, but this weather front is bathing things dry to the south, but this weatherfront is bathing many things dry to the south, but this weather front is bathing many areas and cloud. we have rain across central scotland. to the north, brighter with sunshine and showers. and to the south across the midlands and east anglia and that sunshine is punctuating the cloud elsewhere. but the rain is with us in the north, drizzly with hill fog in some western areas around the coast. but where we have the sunshine, already 14 where we have the sunshine, already 1a and 15, so we could see 16 in a few spots throughout the afternoon. overnight come up with all that cloud around and the breeze, it is blowing a gale across the shetland isles. it will ease, but more cloud as the weather front pushes north and another approaches. all in
maximum. not as warm as today because there will be more sunshine. sorry, more cloud. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, we have france starting to move on from the west and it s a cold front so gradually behind it, some colder air will start to squeeze its way south and east. not too cold but a change to the story. more cloud around and showery epics of rain sinking south and east to begin with on wednesday. brightening up behind, a few scattered showers and some of these. to turn wintry on the tops of these. to turn wintry on the tops of the hills. cooler here, 7 to eight celsius perhaps 11 as we go through the south east and the middle of the afternoon. as we push towards thursday, a ridge of high pressure builds so england and wales will be drier but cooler, 8 or 9 celsius, a brace of rain continuing to the far north west. but these temperatures pretty much where they should be at this time of year. thanks, louise. and that s bbc news at six on monday 20th february
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