Morning update - A reasonable first half of the day with a wet second half followed by brighter conditions tomorrow

TODAY

Any early brightness soon fading as the cloud thickens up from the west, followed by a large area of rain arriving mid afternoon. Temperature 9-11°C Wind south-southwest 17-32mph becoming south 23-40mph by during the afternoon

Rainfall 3-5mm

TONIGHT

Cloud and rain through most of the night with some rather large rainfall totals by dawn. Temperature 9-10°C Wind south 26-48mph becoming southwest 14-28mph by dawn

Rainfall 15-20mm

TOMORROW

Early rain will clear away and the cloud will break by mid morning to give some mild sunny spells, although still occasional areas of cloud moving through. Temperature 10-12°C Wind west-southwest 15-29mph becoming 12-22mph by mid afternoon

Rainfall 1-3mm