UK weather

Headline:

Hot in the west. A little cooler in the east.

Today:

Rather cloudy across Scotland, with showery rain developing at times. Generally sunny elsewhere, but the risk of low cloud along eastern coasts of England. Breezy in the south. Hot in the west, cooler in the east.

Tonight:

Patchy rain easing across Scotland. Low cloud becoming more extensive across central and eastern areas, with clear spells remaining in the west. A warm night, but windy in the south.

Sunday:

Low cloud will quickly burn back to the coasts to leave plenty of sunshine, though it may tend to remain cloudier across Scotland. Windy in the south. Very warm.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Staying dry and sunny for the beginning of next week, though a few heavy showers may develop across southern parts of England and Wales. Temperatures staying on the hot side.

High pressure to the northeast of the UK with low pressure over the Bay of Biscay starts the period with broadly settled weather for the north of the UK with a risk of thunderstorms into the south of the UK from France at times. Through the weekend potentially turning more unsettled from the south before more settled conditions arrive from the west. Uncertain into the next week as cloud and longer spells of rain threaten the NW and possibly running through the UK at times. Temperatures will be warm or very warm initially, perhaps hot at times in the southwest, likely easing to warm or near average over the weekend, though further hot spells possible especially in the south..

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.