UK weather

Headline:

Feeling cooler with blustery showers spreading south.

This Evening and Tonight:

Cloud and some patchy rain clearing from southeast England, then chilly with clear periods in the south this evening. However, blustery showers in the northwest becoming increasingly widespread overnight, some heavy and possibly thundery. Limited frost as winds strengthen.

Wednesday:

A mix of sunshine and showers across the UK. Some of the showers heavy with hail and thunder, even some wintriness over the Scottish mountains. Brisk and chilly northwesterly winds.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Sunshine and showers again on Thursday, with more persistent rain in the far west. Becoming mostly fine from the west on Friday. Further rain arriving from the west on Saturday.

Changeable and at times rather unsettled conditions look to dominate at first, with low pressure often close by. This means periods of rain or showers, some of which could be heavy, for many places, though some drier interludes are also expected. As this period progresses, high pressure is likely to begin to build from the south bringing more in the way of settled weather. Temperatures likely cooler than average to begin, but tending to recover as the period progresses, perhaps becoming rather warm by the end of the period, especially in the south.

Patterns which bring more settled weather are more likely to dominate towards the end of May. Whilst further rain and showers are possible at times, there is likely to be longer spells of fine and dry weather. Into June, more mixed conditions are likely with spells of rain and showers, but also some drier weather at times. Temperatures are most likely to be near or slightly above average overall, with some warm weather possible at times.