UK weather

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Hot and sunny for many this bank holiday weekend.

Today:

Much of England and Wales will be dry with plenty on sunshine. A widely hot or even very hot day with places reaching the low 30s in the southeast. Cloudier in the northwest of Scotland with rain at times.

Tonight:

A fine and dry night for most with clear skies across England and Wales. Cloudier in the northwest with patchy outbreaks of rain in Scotland. Another very mild night.

Monday:

Cloudy in northwest Scotland with rain at times, otherwise most places seeing lots of sunshine. It remains hot, especially in the south but cooler along the coasts.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Staying hot, sunny and mostly dry over the next few days with temperatures well above average. A little more patchy cloud on Thursday, perhaps with the odd shower.

The south of the UK is expected to be mainly fine and dry at the start of this period, with temperatures well above normal. It will be cloudier in the north with some rain at times, this heavy in places. Moving into early June, conditions will likely become unsettled across the UK as a whole. Atlantic weather systems will move in from the west bringing showers or longer spells of rain at times. The rain will likely be heaviest in parts of the west and northwest. Temperatures will probably be near normal.

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 dry 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.