UK weather

Headline:

High pressure keeping it dry, warm, and sunny for most.

This Evening and Tonight:

Plenty of warm evening sunshine across the country. However, cloud and patchy drizzle will persist across northwest Scotland. Dry overnight with prolonged clear periods. Some mist and fog patches developing, mainly in the west. A warm night for many.

Thursday:

Early mist and fog soon clearing. England, Wales and eastern Scotland experiencing another hot day with hazy sunshine and light winds. Cloudier for Northern Ireland and northwest Scotland.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Remaining very warm and sunny across much of England and Wales, though turning breezier. Sunny spells emerging in the far northwest as cloud moves southwards into other areas of Scotland.

High pressure is likely to be situated to the north of the UK with low pressure over the Bay of Biscay. This will lead to an easterly flow being dominant to start the period and broadly settled weather for much of the UK. There will, however, be a risk of thunderstorms spreading into the south of the UK from France at times. Temperatures will be warm or very warm for most, perhaps hot at times in the southwest, but probably not as hot as of late. Later in the period the chance of low pressure increases, which may bring spells of wet and windy weather at times.

The signal through the end of July and into August becomes increasingly mixed with spells of low pressure and more unsettled weather becoming more likely. There may still be some thunderstorms at times as well. There will still probably be some dry interludes, most probably in the south and southeast. Temperatures are likely to remain warm or very warm and some spells of hot weather remain possible.