UK weather

Headline:

Rain, chiefly in north. Hot again further south next week.

This Evening and Tonight:

Patchy rain will affect central, northern and western areas this evening, with more persistent and locally heavier rain moving in from the west overnight. Clearer for a time in the northeast, and little rain in the southeast. Breezy, but mild.

Sunday:

Sunday will start rather cloudy and breezy with some showery rain. Showers more scattered in the afternoon, with some warm sunshine developing. Not much rain in the south and southeast.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Mostly dry in the south with some sunshine, and temperatures creeping back up here. Cloudier, cooler and often breezy further north with outbreaks of rain at times., this locally heavy.

Dry at first across the south with sunny periods, where it will also be very warm. Cloudier in the north with showers or some longer 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 start of 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.