UK weather

Headline:

Rather cloudy. Scattered showers, but feeling a little warmer.

Today:

Many areas dry, with some sunny spells. There will be scattered showers, these most frequent in the northwest. Still rather cool in the north, but temperatures closer to average in the south so feeling a little warmer than Wednesday.

Tonight:

A band of rain will move southeastwards across Scotland and Northern Ireland. Drier elsewhere, with clear spells and a scattering of showers. Patchy fog and frost under the clearest skies.

Friday:

Bands of rain moving southeastwards across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England. Sunny spells elsewhere, but an increasing risk of showers developing. Warm in the south, chilly in the north.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Staying changeable, with showers and longer spells of rain at times. However, there will be some drier and brighter weather too. Cool in the north, warm in the south.

Changeable and at times rather unsettled conditions look to dominate through the middle part of May, with low pressure often close by. This means periods of rain or showers, some of which could be heavy, for many places, though some drier interludes are also expected. For the most part, temperatures are likely to be close to or perhaps a little below normal, though depending on the position of low pressure relative to the UK, there is the chance of brief warmer mroe humid interludes extending north from the near continent. With this would be the chance of some thunderstorms, these most likely affecting parts of England and Wales.

Low pressure systems are likely to still be close by to the UK at the start of this period. This means showers or longer spells of rain are likely at times, these heavy in places, with the wettest conditions probably towards the northwest by this stage. There will, however, probably be some dry and warm interludes, these more likely towards the south, although temperatures are likely to be close to normal overall. Later in the period, more settled and drier conditions may develop, as high pressure establishes itself over or to the west of the UK, with temperatures perhaps rising a little above normal, especially in the west. Should this happen, eastern parts may be on the cool side with a predominant flow off the North Sea.