April has seen quite large contrasts in rainfall across the UK, with parts of the west, particularly SW England, very wet recently,
with over 4 inches of rain across parts of Devon and Cornwall, while parts of the Midlands and NE England have seen trace amounts
of rain! 144mm (5.6 inches) of rain have fallen since the start of the month over Dartmoor, while one gauge in Pembrokeshire in SW Wales
has recorded 135mm (5.3 inches). In contrast, many gauges in the Midlands and parts of Yorkshire have only seen a few millimetres,
one in Leeds has seen less than a millimetre! 

Source: Starling Roost Weather

Most places will see one or two showers pass through today, while a more organised and heavier spell of rain l
ooks to move across much of England and Wales later tomorrow and overnight into Wednesday. Then turning drier for the rest of the week away from the far west.

A weather front will move in from west to east, bringing cloud and showery rain across most areas today, followed
 by sunshine and showers in the west. Tuesday will see sunny spells and a scattering of light showers, before an area of low pressure
moves in off the Atlantic and slides southeast across England and Wales Tuesday night - bringing a spell of rain across many areas. After early rain clears the southeast, Wednesday and Thursday are looking mostly dry with sunny spells, rain moving in across the west Friday, but the east staying dry and bright. Feeling warm in any sunshine this week, temperatures reaching the mid to high teens. 

A band of thicker cloud and rain across western areas this morning, with brighter skies but also a few showers ahead of it, will move slowly east across much of mainland UK through the day, tending to turn showery across southern England and East Anglia, with sunny spells and perhaps some heavy and perhaps thundery showers following across Wales, NW England, the Midlands and the island of Ireland this afternoon. NE Scotland may stay dry until after dark. Temperatures reaching 11-14C across the north, 14-17C across the south, winds mostly light. 

Cloud and rain clearing east and showers fading from most areas to leave a dry night, with clear spells, but it will turn chilly with fog patches forming, with temperatures dropping below freezing in the countryside of N. Ireland and Scotland. 

Tuesday daytime will be dry for many, with sunny spells, though cloud will bubble up to produce a few light showers in places. Thicker cloud, rain and strengthening winds will move in from the west across the island of Ireland through the afternoon, before spreading east and southeast across SW Scotland, western side of England and Wales during the evening. Temperatures reaching 13-15C across Scotland and N. Ireland, 15-18C across England and Wales.

An area of rain, perhaps heavy, will continue to spread east and southeast across England and Wales Tuesday night, bringing some welcome rain for drier central and eastern areas. The rain clearing SE England & East Anglia during Wednesday morning, followed quite a bit of cloud for many with a scattering of showers developing, though coasts could stay dry, best chance of sunshine in the north and west. 

As we head through Thursday, a ridge of high pressure will build down from the north, bringing a mostly dry day, though cloud will bubble up to bring a few well-scattered mainly light showers across central and eastern areas.

High pressure will hang on across the east on Friday - bringing another dry day with some sunshine here, but a weather weather front looks like it will move in across the west, bringing thicker cloud and some rain.

The weekend will most likely see high pressure rebuild in by Sunday, so after perhaps a cloudier day on Saturday with some showery rain pushing east, Sunday could be a drier and brighter day, though perhaps a risk of a few showers still. Feeling warm in any sunshine, temperatures perhaps reaching the low twenties Celsius in the south.