Weather and climate change

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Feeling humid Sunday with further thunderstorms in places.

This Evening and Tonight:

Showers mostly dying out in the south, but continuing overnight in the north. Cloudy and murky around some coasts. Warm and humid with overnight temperatures failing to drop much below 18 Celsius in some spots.

Sunday:

A cloudy start in the north and west, however elsewhere a bright and sunny start with temperatures quickly rising, becoming hot and humid in places with thundery showers developing.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Staying hot and humid for many through this period, with plenty of sunny spells. The continued risk of some heavy and thundery showers initially. Warm and humid nights.

Updated: 17:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 10 Jun 2023

Overall settled weather conditions are expected to be observed at the beginning of the period. Light to moderated easterly winds are likely to be predominant. Vast majority of places expected to stay dry, excluding the west and northwest where showers and even thunderstorms may occur. Areas in the northwest might experience low cloud drifting from the sea by the start of the weekend, otherwise sunny for most. Temperature likely to remain warm during the day and overnight for most of the country, excluding coastal and some eastern areas. As the period progresses, conditions are expected to remain similar throughout with settled and dry conditions likely to remain widespread in the north of the UK. Chance of showers and thunderstorms development over the south.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 10 Jun 2023

High pressure likely remaining to the north of the UK, with greatest chance of settled conditions continuing. Further unsettled spells with periods of rain or thunderstorms are likely to affect the far south, with a smaller chance that some of these could spread much further north across the country. Later, a change of type is weakly signalled, with an increased likelihood that more mobile spells of weather will affect the UK, although it may take several attempts. This brings greater chance of rain to the west and northwest. Temperatures are more likely to be above average in general - the warmest conditions in the west and south at first. Later, a gradual cooling trend towards average values is the most likely outcome, although briefer hot spells are possible.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 10 Jun 2023