UK weather

Headline:

Another hot spell of weather developing for some next week.

Today:

Cloudy and wet today across Northern Ireland, southern Scotland and northern England, although rain easing a little later. Bright spells with a few showers for northern Scotland, otherwise dry and very warm with plenty of sunshine elsewhere.

Tonight:

Rain will continue to move southwards across northern England, but weakening as it does so. Clear spells either side, but with a few showers across Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Monday:

Cloud and a few spots of rain in central areas will clear southwards, leaving a largely dry day with sunny spells. Feeling slightly cooler, but still warm in the south.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Largely dry and sunny throughout the middle of the week, although some rain may move into western Scotland and Northern Ireland. Warm for most and increasingly hot across the south.

Something of a north to south split to start the period. Some rain or showers are likely in the north whilst it will be predominantly dry, sunny and hot in the south. The heat in the south will likely ease into next weekend but probably remain a little above average. Further into August, there are signs that low pressure systems with spells or rain or thundery interludes will interrupt the more settled conditions at times, but rainfall amounts will probably be variable, with some areas continuing to see relatively little. Temperatures are likely to remain above average, with a chance of occasional returns of the hot conditions seen earlier in the period.

The broad theme of high pressure remaining in place at least close to the UK seems most probable, but with occasional more unsettled or changeable interludes. These interludes will either be the result of Atlantic frontal systems moving east or thundery plumes possibly drifting north from the continent. The broadly settled conditions mean that rainfall amounts overall are more likely to be below normal than above. Temperatures will probably be above average and some spells of hot weather and heatwaves are possible, especially in the south.