Weather and climate change
UK video forecast
UK 5 day weather forecast
Headline:
Rain clearing eastwards on Thursday. Warmer over the weekend.
Today:
Rain, heavy over the hills, will move eastwards and ease through the morning. Drier and brighter weather moving in from the west for the afternoon, with sunny spells for many. Feeling fresher, though still pleasantly warm in any sunshine.
Tonight:
Increasingly cloudy and windy in the north and northwest with rain spreading east overnight. Drier elsewhere with clear spells. A little fresher than recent nights.
Friday:
Remaining cloudy, wet and windy in the northwest Friday. Drier further south and east with sunny intervals, and breezier here than Thursday. Feeling rather warm in the sunshine.
Outlook for Saturday to Monday:
Mostly dry through the weekend and start of next week with sunny spells, though some patchy rain possible in the northwest. Turning very warm for some, especially southeastern parts.
Updated:
UK long range weather forecast
A low pressure system passes to the northwest of the UK at the start of the period bringing wetter windier conditions to the northwest. Elsewhere a good deal of dry and locally hot weather early in the period, and its possible the odd thunderstorm could develop in response to the heat before it likely turns cooler from the west around the middle of next week. Beyond this there will be a good deal of dry weather for many under the influence of higher pressure. There is also the chance of further very warm, perhaps locally hot weather, as brief bursts of hotter air encroach from the continent, but probably fairly short-lived. Should these occur they bring with them the threat of thunderstorms.
Updated:
Conditions will likely continue to be changeable through much of July. The wettest and windiest conditions most likely towards the northwest with a risk of some heavy rain at times, especially over hills. Southern and eastern areas are most favoured for longer drier and more settled spells, although even here some occasional rain or showers will be possible, perhaps thundery. There are signs of more widely settled weather during the second half of July, however this signal is very tentative. Temperatures are expected to be above average for most areas, especially towards the southeast where there will be an ongoing chance of some very warm or hot conditions at times.
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