There's a caveat on today's forecast as the ECMWF model is not being consistent in how it sees late May and early June developing. So we need to treat this one cautiously, bearing in mind that the analogue forecast continues to go with the idea of higher pressure dominating in May,

We have mentioned Australian rainfall a few times in the past few days, so time for an update. You may ask why this is relevant for the weather in the UK and Ireland, but the weather patterns impacting Australia right now cause perturbations through the atmosphere hooch are felt, for good