UK weather

Headline:

Exceptionally hot for many.

Today:

Dry and sunny for most with light winds. Feeling humid as extreme heat builds across England and Wales. Cloudier and cooler for northwest Scotland with a little drizzle at times.

Tonight:

Cloudy in the northwest, perhaps with some patchy rain for Northern Ireland and western Scotland. Largely clear elsewhere but staying very warm and muggy overnight.

Thursday:

Rain and thundery showers over northwest Scotland turning heavy at times. Low cloud and fog possibly affecting North Sea coasts. Otherwise, a widely very hot day with strong sunshine.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Another hot day in the east on Friday. Fresher conditions gradually arriving from the west into the weekend, but this accompanied by spells of rain and thundery showers.

Fairly changeable conditions at first with periods of rain and showers, and there could be some thundery outbreaks at times. Perhaps a drier start to July for many, although the northwest may still see some rain at times, and perhaps accompanied by some strong winds. Temperatures remain widely above average, and there remains a chance of some very warm or hot weather returning, mainly across the south.

High pressure patterns are looking slightly more likely than low pressure patterns during the early part of this period, meaning a greater chance of settled and drier than average conditions. There is still a chance of some changeable or more unsettled conditions developing later in the period, with a risk of some heavy and thundery showers. Temperatures are likely to be above normal, with a greater than normal chance of hot conditions developing at times.