Today

Today will be cold. Rain in the east and south will clear and there will be dry and sunny weather for a time but showers will follow for the day and will be heavy at times, with the risk of thunder.

The showers will be most frequent in the west but will become widespread through the afternoon.

Highest temperatures generally will be just 4 or 5 degrees, just a degree or so higher at the coasts and lower in the northwest where the showers may turn wintry over the hills.

Winds will be moderate westerly for a time before becoming variable then freshening from a northwesterly direction and becoming strong in the southwest.

Tonight

Tonight will be mostly dry with just isolated showers.

Temperatures will fall below freezing for all areas, down to between -1 and -2 degrees.

Winds will be fresh to strong northwest to west and later becoming northerly.