phillip norton, bbc news, swine, near hull. now it's time for a look at the weather forecast.quite neatly on the satellite imagery, pushing south and eastward. if you started off today with a lot of sunshine around, expect the cloud to build and the rain to arrive. you can see leaden skies here in glasgow or at least in port glasgow, with heavy rain pushing its way east through the course of the afternoon. that wet weather pushing on towards parts of england. staying dry until dusk if not the early evening. but the rain is only one side of the story. today is also very windy, certainly a ransom irish sea coasts, to the north—east of scotland, through parts of england as well. met office warning is out for those high winds. this evening, the wind is still with us and the rain still with us, eventually reaching the south—east where it will linger as we head overnight and into thursday morning. elsewhere, drying up. still a few showers around, particularly across parts of the far north. where it is dry and clear, temperatures for — six celsius. double digits in the south and the

phillip norton, bbc news, swine, near hull. not sure i believe that.omething to bear in mind if you are travelling. it is because of this area of low pressure. it is coming in from the atlantic, bringing notjust in strong winds but also some heavy rain. it is usurping that transient ridge of high pressure. we have the rain going across western parts of northern ireland and scotland. ahead had a bit, a few showers from the english channel. flirting with the south coast at times. many starting on that right now too. the cloud building. the rain not getting into the south—east. if we follow that band of rain you can see the bright colours indicating where the heavy rain is. continuing round. we returned to showers across the outer hebrides and northern ireland through the day. but squally winds around his band of rain. this is what you can expect that a three o'clock this afternoon. strong in the north—east of scotland, 48. about 58 across cornwall. through this evening and overnight that rain makes it into the south and south—east. we continue with heavy