UK weather

Headline:

Dry, sunny and very warm. Some showers in places.

Today:

Early showers across northern and eastern areas will fade, leaving most places dry with prolonged sunshine. Cloud will increase over parts of England and Wales, bringing a few showers later, possibly thundery. Widely very warm, feeling hot in the southeast.

Tonight:

Evening showers slowly clearing eastwards. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain affecting parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland, otherwise dry with clear spells. Another warm night, especially in the east.

Friday:

Dry with sunny spells for most, however outbreaks of rain will affect the far north, with showers across the southeast, where it will be another very warm day. Cooler elsewhere.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

A band of rain then gradually spreading eastwards over the weekend introducing some fresher and showery conditions. Another band of rain likely to push eastwards on Monday. Near normal temperatures.

A changeable period, as a sequence of Atlantic weather systems move in from the west to bring a mixture of drier spells and some showers or longer spells of rain at times. The best of the drier conditions are more likely towards the south and east, with the rain generally more frequent in parts of the west and northwest, although there will be drier interludes here also. Temperatures will be near-normal overall, with the warmest spots most likely across eastern areas. It will also be breezy at times, most especially across northwestern areas.

Probably changeable or unsettled at first with Atlantic frontal systems bringing showers or longer spells of rain at times. From mid-month, high pressure may begin to become more dominant with conditions becoming drier and more settled, although some showery interludes are still possible. Temperatures are expected to be near normal at first, but probably rising above average later.