Breakfast brief: Plenty of showers, heavier to the south

Plenty of showers around, with lots of cloud too as several weather fronts sweep west to east.

A cloudy and rather overcast day across the board, with scattered showers developing across large swathes of the UK and Ireland.

Showers merging to a more persistent and organised spell of rain in the south-west, spreading eastwards across southern England through the late afternoon and evening. Some late spells of sunshine across Ireland.

Showers persisting in the east heading into the nighttime period, along with north-west Scotland, with clearer skies developing elsewhere.

We are continuing to explore the world of storm chasing with the latest blog from our storm chasing team. This time, our US reporter Jonathan Petramala shares his story of reporting from the field, chasing down dangerous weather. Read more later today.

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