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Hot spell on the way later this week
After an unsettled start to the week in places, it will turn drier and much warmer across many parts of the UK later this week, with hot conditions developing …
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UK 5 day weather forecast
Headline:
Rain in the north and west. Bright and warm elsewhere.
This Evening and Tonight:
Cloudy and breezy with rain and drizzle affecting northern and western areas, some heavy bursts on hills. Extensive low cloud and mist over coasts and hills. Mostly dry in the south and east.
Wednesday:
Further rain and drizzle affecting northern and western areas. Elsewhere, low cloud breaking to allow some sunny spells. Humid for many and very warm in parts of the southeast.
Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:
Plenty of dry weather with sunny spells with the exception of some rain across Northern Ireland and Scotland on Friday. Turning warmer for many and very hot in the southeast.
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UK long range weather forecast
There should be a gradual change in conditions through this period as the warm or very warm weather will most likely be displaced east and southeastwards. It will be replaced by fresher, changeable conditions from the west. There should still be a good deal of fine and dry weather across the UK through the period. However, there is a continued risk of heavy showers and thunderstorms in many areas, particularly across the south earlier on in the period. It will be widely warm or very warm at the start of the period, and it could be hot in the southeast at times. Towards the end of the period, temperatures will trend back to near the average for most areas, with the southeast possibly staying warm.
Updated:
Confidence remains fairly low for the last two weeks of August and into early September. The south is most likely to see the best of any fine and dry weather as westerlies and southwesterlies dominate. Elsewhere could see some periods of dry and settled weather interspersed with occasional bouts of wetter and windier weather, primarily from Atlantic frontal systems. The wettest and windiest conditions will most likely be towards the northwest, with the southeast staying driest. Temperatures will be most likely around average or slightly above. There could be some short-lived very warm spells, most likely confined to the south and southeast of the UK.
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