Pressure remains high over Britain and Ireland today and therefore the settled theme continues with most places seeing a dry day with sunny spells. There is more in the way of cloud to be found over northern and some eastern areas as the light winds come in from off the North Sea, and this cloud may be thick enough to bring the odd light shower to eastern parts of England for a time this morning.

The best of the sunshine this morning will be found across southern and western parts, and by the time we get through to this afternoon many of the cloudier areas will also brighten up with sunny spells breaking through. Temperatures will again end up close to or just above normal, and it will feel quite warm in the sunshine and with light winds.

It stays dry tonight with some clear spells but cloud will tend to feed back into many eastern areas. It will end up another chilly night where the skies remain clear, but on the whole not quite as cold as previous nights have been. Friday then sees a virtual repeat performance with barely any change expected.

Meanwhile, over in the United States, attention is focused on Major Hurricane Earl which is set to brush the east coast of America during the early hours of Friday. Hurricane warnings are already out for North Carolina and these warnings may well be extended as the Category 4 hurricane tracks northwards during the next 24 to 48 hours.

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Much of Britain and Ireland will see another fine and dry day as high pressure continues to maintain control of our weather. There will be one or two subtle changes, but on the whole today's weather will be very similar to yesterday's.

After a chilly start then most places will see plenty of sunshine again today and with light winds temperatures will soon recover to near or just above normal values. Some patchy fair weather cloud will bubble up again in many parts, but it won't spoil the summer-like conditions. The exception will come across the far north and west where a very weak weather front caught up under the high pressure will bring much more in the way of cloud across much of Scotland and Ireland. It should still remain mostly dry however, with only a little light rain in the far northwest.

It remains settled tonight with clear skies meaning those temperatures will drop away yet again and some mist patches will develop too. The cloud across the north and west will tend to spread to other northern and some eastern areas however, keeping temperatures a tad higher in these regions. Looking ahead to Thursday and Friday, and a slight east or north-easterly drift will mean cloudier skies will affect eastern areas of the country with the best of the sunshine likely to be over western areas.

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