Weather

Persistent and occasionally heavy rain during the early hours of Tuesday morning, perhaps also with some thunder, clearing to the northeast by dawn. A mostly cloudy start to the morning with isolated, mainly light showers but also some drier interludes. More frequent bright or sunny spells expected by late morning, but also scattered showers developing. These showers will be heavy in places, with isolated thundery downpours and hail possible, mainly mid-afternoon and also accompanied by some briefly gusty winds. Showers becoming lighter and less frequent during the late afternoon and early evening, though also becoming largely cloudy again in the west, with brighter conditions largely continuing further east.