The UK volition spot a nationalist upwind disagreement connected General Election day, with 22C (72F) sunshine successful confederate England but 50mph winds and rainfall successful the North and Scotland.
South-eastern parts of the state particularly areas astir London volition acquisition the brightest and warmest upwind contiguous arsenic voters caput to polling stations.
But beardown winds and chillier temperatures volition deed further northbound arsenic good arsenic showers successful West and North West Scotland, North West England and Northern Ireland.
Most of the day's rainfall is expected successful North West Scotland, and determination were adjacent reports of snowfall this greeting connected the tops of immoderate mountains successful the Highlands.
The Met Office said a beardown pitchy watercourse successful the Atlantic volition support a changeable taxable to the upwind which is expected to stay unsettled for days to come.
The pitchy watercourse is moving crossed the UK astatine astir 185mph which is precise accelerated for the clip of twelvemonth and volition beryllium driving assorted upwind systems arsenic the week continues.
A pistillate arrives with a canine to ballot astatine a polling presumption astatine St Mary's Church successful Wimbledon today
Voters extracurricular a polling presumption adjacent Battersea Power Station successful London connected a sunny time today
A elector enters a polling presumption contiguous to formed their ballot in Osmotherley, North Yorkshire
People extracurricular the polling presumption astatine Pollokshields Burgh Halls successful Glasgow during rainfall today
A bedewed time successful Edinburgh contiguous arsenic radical ballot successful the predetermination astatine St James' Church, Goldenacre
People extracurricular the polling presumption astatine Pollokshields Burgh Halls successful Glasgow during rainfall today
Much of the UK volition beryllium connected the cooler broadside of the jet, meaning temperatures volition beryllium astir oregon conscionable beneath mean – but it volition consciousness reasonably lukewarm successful sunshine successful the South.
Does the upwind impact predetermination turnout and the Labour vote?
Voter turnout is not mostly affected by upwind conditions successful the UK, records suggest.
According to the Parliament website, contempt the past wide predetermination successful 2019 being the wettest since records began successful 1931, turnout was really higher (67.3 per cent) than successful 2001 (59.4 per cent) and 2005 (61.4 per cent) erstwhile polling time fell successful June and May respectively.
But a probe insubstantial released by University of Copenhagen governmental scientists past twelvemonth surveyed turnout successful 15 countries and recovered predetermination time ‘rainfall reduces turnout by 0.95 percent points per centimetre of rain, portion much sunshine increases turnout’.
However, the interaction of the upwind connected turnout whitethorn beryllium lessened successful the UK with 25 per cent of radical present doing postal voting - up from 2 per cent a fewer decades ago.
There is besides a fashionable thought that bully upwind tin assistance bring retired much Labour voters.
Some mention the past July predetermination successful 1945, erstwhile it was a sunny time with 27C highs and Labour won with a landslide bulk of 146 seats – upsetting the likelihood erstwhile Winston Churchill was expected to get in.
But others constituent retired that Labour’s Harold Wilson won connected a bedewed time successful some 1964 and 1974, and determination appears to beryllium nary proven correlation betwixt rainfall and voting behaviour.
Liam Eslick, meteorologist astatine the Met Office, said: 'It's going to beryllium rather a windy time crossed overmuch of the UK.
'The strongest winds are going to beryllium towards Northern Ireland, the occidental parts of Scotland and bluish England.
'It's going to beryllium a windy time for astir radical but it is going to beryllium agleam for cardinal and confederate England arsenic good arsenic Wales.'
He added: 'Where you are retired of the wind, it volition consciousness alternatively lukewarm and adjacent pleasant successful the sunshine arsenic well, but the further northbound you spell - it is going to beryllium rather chilly and caller time for many.'
The winds arrived overnight, bringing a blustery time successful bluish areas today.
Met Office main meteorologist Paul Gundersen said: 'Strong winds are expected connected Thursday, with Scotland bearing the brunt.
'Inland areas successful Scotland could spot gusts of 30mph to 40mph, whilst coastal areas and hills could acquisition gales with gusts of 40mph to 50mph.
'Along with that wind, the West and North West of Scotland volition besides spot blustery showers, which volition possibly merge into longer spells of rainfall later.
'A fewer showers are besides apt crossed Northern Ireland, Wales and bluish England, but confederate England should stay adust with sunny spells.
'It volition consciousness cooler successful the damp North West, but temperatures volition beryllium nearer mean successful the South and South West. That rainfall is expected to proceed successful parts of Scotland and possibly Northern Ireland overnight.'
The beardown winds crossed Scotland and bluish England volition past easiness done time morning, bringing a breezy and showery day for those areas.
In the South, unreality and outbreaks of rainfall volition dispersed eastbound done tomorrow, bringing immoderate perchance dense rainfall crossed cardinal and confederate England and South Wales.
Between 20mm (0.8in) to 40mm (1.6in) of rainfall could autumn wrong 12 to 18 hours successful places.
Then the play volition spot the upwind stay unsettled and chill for the clip of year, but determination volition beryllium immoderate sunshine astatine times which volition spot temperatures emergence a little.
An progressive pitchy watercourse (shown successful pink) is moving crossed the UK astatine astir 185mph which is precise beardown for the clip of twelvemonth and volition beryllium driving assorted upwind systems arsenic the week continues
Early rainfall implicit the East and South East of England connected Saturday should soon clear, with the play past featuring a substance of sunshine and showers, immoderate of which could beryllium dense with a hazard of hail oregon thunder.
Forecasters added that much persistent rainfall is imaginable astatine times successful bluish Scotland, portion areas of South West England and Wales are apt to stay the driest overall.
Most areas volition consciousness breezy, with beardown winds imaginable successful the acold South East of England.
It comes aft the UK saw little rainfall than expected successful June but the mean somesthesia crossed the period was beneath 13C, contempt the caller mini-heatwave successful immoderate areas.
The Met Office said 55.1mm of rainfall fell crossed the state past month, 29 per cent little than the semipermanent average, portion Wales and England saw astir fractional of their expected mean amounts.
Jackie and Alan Ward astatine their polling presumption caravan successful Duxford, Cambridgeshire, today
A idiosyncratic sits extracurricular a polling presumption astatine Wimbledon Village successful South West London today
People get astatine a polling presumption during the General Election successful Southfields, London, today
A antheral hangs a polling presumption motion connected a mobile portion astatine a Lidl car parkland successful Loughborough today
But this did not look to construe into much mostly warmer upwind arsenic the mean UK mean somesthesia for June was 12.9C, which was 0.4C beneath the semipermanent meteorological average.
The little June temperatures are successful stark opposition to those seen the period prior, wherever an mean somesthesia of 13.1C saw the warmest May successful records dating backmost to 1884.
It besides comes aft the UK had its wettest outpouring since 1986 and the sixth wettest connected record.
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