UK wakes up to sunny spells before it gets rainier by the hour | UK News

The morning weather for most of Britain today can be summed up in two words: ‘Bright’ and ‘dry’.

Yes, really. After a week of rain that, in some parts of the UK, saw streets flooded, things are finally starting to clear up.

The Met Office says people can expect bright or sunny spells for most of today, though parts of the north, Scotland and Wales will see a bit of drizzle.

Northern Ireland will be the first to have to get their brollies out, with light rain expected from around 10.30am to the evening across the north and west.

Heavier rain will arrive in northern Scotland by 1pm, with most of the western side of the country blanketed by rain for the afternoon.

Though, if forecasters are correct, the rain will do a few gymnastics to leap over the North and South East, leaving cities such as Aberdeen and Berwick-upon-Tweed on the coast to make the most of the sunny spells.

Clouds will form above Wales not too long after, with patchy rain and drizzle developing later. Thankfully, the wet weather will have fizzled by the evening.

Scotland, however, will be drenched at this point, we’re sorry to say, as the thickening cloud feeds rain from the west.

One reason for the weather becoming mild is the jet stream, a high-altitude river of air that blows west-to-east.

The planet has a few of these rivers of air, with the one swirling above the UK being the Polar Jet Stream.

High and low atmospheric pressure can change which way the jet stream flows, much like a rock would change the current of a river.

Right now, our friendly neighbourhood jet stream is shifting further up north, making room for the kind of high pressure that brings a spell of drier, milder weather.

But – and again, we are sorry – Scotland doesn’t have too much luck with this.

Western Scotland will see conditions turn more wetter for the rest of the week, the Met Office says.

The national weather service’s chief forecaster, Paul Gundersen, said: ‘It looks like this pattern will last into the first half of next week meaning the mild conditions will continue with some outbreaks of rain likely at times, mostly across the north and the northwest.’

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