Weather and climate change

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Fine and warm away from the northwest.

This Evening and Tonight:

Dry with long clear spells for many, with a few fog patches forming in the south of England towards dawn. Low cloud, with patchy rain and drizzle, affecting western Scotland, edging southwards overnight.

Friday:

Dry with plenty of sunshine across England and Wales, and turning hot in the south. Cloudier in the northwest with a little light rain or drizzle in places.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Dry with plenty of warm sunshine for most, and feeling hot in the south. Sometime cloudier in the far northwest with a little rain at times.

Updated: 17:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 7 Jul 2022

Fine and dry conditions with plenty of sunshine are expected across southern parts of the UK next week and into the following weekend. It will be widely very warm here, potentially hot at times. Meanwhile, the north is likely to become cloudier with a chance of rain, especially in the northwest, where it may be cooler with fresh winds. Temperatures mostly near normal here but feeling warm or very warm in the northeast. Progressing further into July, northern parts of the UK are likely to remain rather unsettled. These conditions perhaps becoming more widespread towards the end of the period and bringing cooler air further south. Dry weather is likely to continue for the far south and southwest, though some showers remain possible at times.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 7 Jul 2022

This period sees a weak signal for settled conditions to extend more widely across the whole country again, though periods of cloud and rain are still likely in the northwest. Temperatures widely above average initially, especially across the south, and potentially very warm or hot at times, most likely for England and Wales. Temperatures perhaps returning closer to normal later in the period, but still likely to be warm to very warm at times in the south.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 7 Jul 2022