Things are looking a lot drier today than they have done so far this week.
We will have some showers today, mainly towards the east of our region, but it will be mainly dry with some sunshine.
Temperatures are expected to reach a high of 12C, so still a bit cold for this time of year.
It's election day across England, Wales and Scotland and voters are heading to the polls with thousands of council seats in England up for grabs. Elections are also taking place for mayors, including in the West Midlands, and police and crime commissioners.
Image source, PA MediaPolling stations will be open from 07:00 - 22:00 BST and voters are being asked to take their own pencils as a Covid safety measure.
So, where are votes being cast?
Councils
County councils:
Metropolitan councils:
District councils:
All the seats in Shropshire Council, a unitary authority, are also up for election.
Police and crime commissioners
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Elizabeth Glinka
Political Editor, BBC Midlands
The prime minister has been campaigning in the West Midlands this morning.
Here in the region, it feels like elections arrive like buses; you wait for one and then 25 come along at once.
Tomorrow's vote brings a combination of those postponed last year due to the coronavirus outbreak, and those due this year.
All county council seats are up for grabs in Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.
All are Conservative controlled, and are unlikely to deliver any surprises. Likewise Unitary Shropshire.
Warwickshire has traditionally been most likely to swing, but with the Conservatives holding more than double the seats of Labour and the Lib Dems combined, recent revelations about the prime minister would have to have some serious cut through for either party to make inroads.
Normally, the big Metropolitan Boroughs that elect by thirds are less likely to have a change of control.
This time Solihull, Coventry, Dudley, Walsall and Sandwell all have elections, but there are definitely some ones to watch, not least because of the changing voting behaviour, which saw Labour’s ‘red wall’ collapse across the Black Country at the last general election.
Conservative-run Walsall and, to an even greater extent, Dudley, are finely balanced between blue and red.
Solihull, too, is currently Conservative-led, but the loss of just one seat, would mean losing control.
The Greens who are the main opposition party, have been building their base here for the last decade.In our smaller district councils - Nuneaton and Bedworth, Cannock Chase and Worcester are all on a knife edge.
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Read MoreIt's a nippy start to Wednesday following a cold night. Today we'll see highs of around 12C but it will feel a little bit warmer than yesterday as the winds drop.
There will be some heavy, sharp showers developing throughout the day and possibly even thunder in some areas.
By this evening those showers should stop and clear skies could leave some frost overnight but scope for lots of sunshine on Thursday.
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The bulk of the weekend rain has passed but this morning we can expect a bit of a battering from the wind instead.
There's a yellow weather warning in place for strong winds, mainly affecting Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire.
Image source, Met OfficeThat should calm down a bit later, however it will breezy enough for it to still feel quite cold and we haven't seen the last of that rain yet so expect showers.
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Image source, GoogleThe trio targeted the cash machine at the Huub building on Manchester Road, Congleton, Cheshire, on Thursday night.
Officers have since found a vehicle they think may have been used in the robbery.
A 31-year-old man from Congleton has been arrested on suspicion of theft of a cash machine.
