UK weather

Headline:

Turning fresher for a time, with some light showers.

Today:

Cloudy in the north with rain clearing to brighter spells and a few showers. Central areas start dry but turn cloudier with patchy rain later. Southern areas remain fine and dry. Breezy for many with strong winds further north.

Tonight:

Often cloudy with clearer spells in eastern areas. Rain and drizzle spread east later, mainly affecting northern and western regions. Turning windier in the west. Milder in the south overnight.

Sunday:

Any showers in the south will fade. A few showers develop in the north, one or two can be heavy. Moderate winds in the afternoon but easing later. Feeling fresher.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Mostly dry with sunny spells in the south. Northern areas see cloud, showers and rain, sometimes heavy. Very warm or hot in the southeast, cooler further north with fresher winds.

Dry at first across the south with long sunny periods, where it will also be very warm. Cloudier in the north with some outbreaks of rain, which could be heavy in places, and temperatures nearer normal. It will probably become more changeable thereafter, with potential for an area of low pressure to move close to or across the UK at the end of July or early August. This could bring spells of heavy rain and perhaps some strong winds for a time. It may become more settled again toward the end of the first week of August.

Dry and settled conditions will probably dominate much of this period with high pressure patterns tending to affect the UK. This may be interrupted at times by Atlantic frontal systems, especially in the north, or thunderstorms in the south. However, overall rainfall amounts will likely be below normal. Temperatures will probably be above normal and some spells of hot weather and heatwaves are possible, especially in the south.