There will be a chance of wave overtopping on Good Friday while Easter Sunday is set to bring sunny spells and scattered showers.
A mobile Atlantic regime will dominate this week, with areas of low pressure bringing wet and windy weather at times.
The wet and cold weather will continue into the weekend with a chance of waves overtopping on Good Friday.
Today, Tuesday, mist and fog will clear later this morning. It will be generally cloudy with patches of light rain or drizzle, though a few sunny breaks will develop at times.
There will be highest temperatures ranging from 11 to 14 degrees.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy with patches of light rain, drizzle and mist. The night’s lowest temperatures will be between 6 and 10 degrees.
Tomorrow will start mainly cloudy with patchy drizzle and mist.
Rain will develop in the northwest later in the morning and will slowly move southeast through the rest of the day, becoming lighter and patchy.
Dry weather will follow the rain and some sunny spells will develop. There will be afternoon highs of 10 to 14 degrees but it will become cooler as the rain clears.
On Wednesday night cloud and the last of the rain will clear from the southeast early in the night and it will become mainly dry with clear spells.
It will become cloudier later in the night, with some drizzle possible near the west coast towards morning.
(Ben Birchall/PA)
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There will be lowest temperatures of -2 to +2 degrees with frost, mist and fog possible as winds become light and variable.
Thursday will see a chilly and mostly cloudy start to the day, with the best of any sunny spells in the south and east.
Mist and fog will clear during the morning and outbreaks of rain will develop in the west. These will move east through the day, although parts of the east may stay dry. There will be highest temperatures of between 7 and 10 degrees. Thursday night will be cloudy and breezy with outbreaks of rain in most areas. There will be lowest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees with a moderate to fresh southerly breeze.
There is still uncertainty in the details for Good Friday, but current indications suggest a windy day with strong southwesterly winds and gales on western and northwestern coasts.
This will bring a chance of wave overtopping, along with rain and showers, with highest temperatures of 11 to 15 degrees. Friday night will see clear spells and showers early on, but it will become cloudy with outbreaks of rain or drizzle overnight.
There will be lowest temperatures between 3 to 8 degrees.
There is potential for a spell of wet and windy weather on Saturday, with highest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees but quickly becoming cold during the evening.
Saturday night will see rain giving way to clear spells and scattered showers, mainly in the west and northwest.
Some of the showers may turn wintry as temperatures fall to between 0 to 3 degrees.
Looking further ahead into Easter Weekend there is uncertainty in the forecast at this time, but at the moment it looks like Easter Sunday will be cool and blustery with sunny spells and scattered showers.
It will then possibly turn wet and windy again Sunday night into Monday.