UK weather

Headline:

Sunny spells and showers. Blustery and feeling cool.

Today:

A mixture of sunny spells and showers for most, although some areas will remain dry. Showers most frequent in the north and west, and these becoming slow moving across central and eastern Scotland. Feeling rather cool with temperatures below normal.

Tonight:

Showers becoming less frequent into the evening but likely to persist particularly in the west. Skies remaining cloudy and feeling chilly, especially in rural areas.

Wednesday:

Cloudy with showers or longer spells of rain in places. A continued risk of hail and thunder in central and eastern areas. Some sunny spells. Breezy and feeling cool.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

A spell of wet and windy weather moves in for Thursday. Largely cloudy on Friday with patchy rain. High pressure developing from Saturday bringing sunny spells and rising temperatures.

Fine and dry across much of the UK for the first couple of days of this period with long spells of sunshine for most. Temperatures are likely to be above normal and parts of the south could be very warm for a time. A more unsettled spell is likely through the middle of next week with outbreaks of rain the north and northwest, some of which could spread to parts of the south and southeast at times. After this, high pressure will probably become more dominant with conditions turning widely dry and settled, and probably very warm for many.

High pressure is expected to lie close to the UK at the start of this period, bringing settled and mainly dry conditions. Temperatures will likely be above normal, with potential for hot conditions to develop, especially in the south. Into July, weakening of the high pressure may bring an increasing chance of more unsettled weather and thunderstorms, especially in the south.