andrea 0rmsby, bbc news. now the weather with stav. hi there, ben, good afternoon.t across western wales and into cumbria, much better afternoon, bright with sunshine, some blustery showers, and i hang back for east anglia and the south—east, staying dry there all day. temperature is a bit disappointing, 17—21 celsius. in the atlantic, a developing area of low pressure is a small but potent feature, they met office have named this storm lilian, likely to bring heavy rain which could exacerbate flooding issues across cumbria and a central and southern scotland, but the winds are really a feature across parts of wales, the midlands, northern england, gales or even severe gales developing here towards the end of the night into the early hours of friday, muggy and warm in the south, cooler further north. friday morning will be quite an atrocious one, heavy and thundery rain across central and southern scotland, northern england, strong and damaging winds through parts of wales, northern england and the midlands, clearing out into the north sea as we head into the aftern