Rain this Tuesday morning in eastern England, clearing into the North Sea by early afternoon with the cold front. Brighter, breezy for many but some showers over W Wales and W England. heavy, more persistent showers in Ireland and W Scotland at first. 80mph gusts NW Scotland.

Saturday's highest wind gusts from Storm Boelo showing much of the west of the British Isles and Ireland taking the brunt of the storm.

Here comes Storm Boelo crossing the British Isles during Saturday. These are forecast hourly wind gusts and show 80mph and above which are enough to cause some damage. The strong winds ease a little on Sunday in the south but storms continue in Scotland.

Maximum wind gusts from Friday courtesy of Storm Austen …

Gust forecasts through Friday and the weekend show gusts of 80mph and above. Highest gusts associated with Storm Austen in southern areas on Friday, then more widespread storm force, potentially damaging winds on Saturday and early Sunday as Storm Boelo hits.

A ridge building for today (Thursday) as low pressure clears Scotland. However, look to the SW, because here comes Storm Austen. Tracking E across S England tonight & Friday is brings an area of storm force winds, gusts in excess of 80mph to coasts, heavy rain and high seas.

Some large rain totals this morning in the 6-hours to 1pm. Northern Ireland, eastern Scotland and southern England having the highest totals.

More rain in the coming days. This is forecast total rainfall between now and the end of Sunday. A further 40 to 80mm is possible over western and southern areas, 40 to 50mm in eastern Scotland and northwest England. The flooding risk continues.

Six-hourly rainfall accumulations from this evening through to midday Wednesday showing how Tuesday's rain spreads northwards through southern England, the Midlands and then into northern England by the end of tonight before reaching Scotland Tuesday morning and afternoon. Cold.

Severe gales and heavy rain are theme of the coming week. 50mm+ of rain in Scotland, Wales, Ireland & western England bringing local flooding. Gales on Wednesday and then widespread and potentially damaging winds late Thursday into Friday and again on Saturday.

A widespread frost last night across Wales, northern England, Scotland and Ireland. These are the lowest temperatures recorded to 7am Sunday morning.

We could be facing two severe storms later this week. The first on Friday with wind gusts in excess of 70mph, then the second on Saturday which, if it happens, could bring damaging gusts of 60mph inland, 80mph over western and southern coasts. Latest at Weatherweb.net

Friday starts with rain in the east Midlands, East Anglia and southeast although this should clear by midday. It's much brighter north & west but some heavy showers in western Scotland and Northern Ireland. Generally though, a fine but chilly day for most areas .

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The cold front moving south through today is breaking up so that most rain along it will be showery. You can see how the cloud breaks behind and skies become sunnier. Saying breezy though. Some showers in western Scotland and northwest England, these heavy at times.

Hurricane Isaias is in the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to make landfall late Friday (US time), headed to New Orleans. The storm could not have chosen a worse time to cross the oil rigs of the Gulf. World oil prices rising further as a result.

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Nerd alert! Tuesday morning fog on the plotted chart right now. Spot the wind direction along the front too. Sometimes is easier to highlight areas of fog in yellow as it helps assess the clearance of it in subsequent charts.

Monday morning rain, drizzle & low cloud for NW Scotland. Fog in parts of Wales and southwest England. Fair for other areas and tending to be dry through the day for many. Always more cloud north and west with mist on coasts here. Mild for all, warm south.