UK weather

Headline:

Heatwave continuing.

Today:

Early low cloud mostly clearing but patches may linger near western coasts, and generally remaining cloudier and breezier for northwest Scotland with patchy rain. Elsewhere, a hot day with prolonged periods of sunshine, albeit hazy at times.

Tonight:

Cloud and rain remains across northwest Scotland. Otherwise, dry and largely clear, though low cloud and fog pushing inland again into parts of the west. A warm night for many.

Friday:

Rain in the northwest may turn heavy for a time. The small chance of a shower developing elsewhere, but many once again staying dry and predominantly sunny. Another hot day.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

An easterly breeze this weekend, strongest in the south, brings cloud to eastern coasts whilst the west remains sunnier and hotter. Chance of showers in the southwest on Monday.

High pressure is likely to be situated to the north of the UK with low pressure over the Bay of Biscay. This will lead to an easterly flow being dominant to start the period and broadly settled weather for much of the UK. There will, however, be a risk of thunderstorms spreading into the south of the UK from France at times. Temperatures will be warm or very warm for most, perhaps hot at times in the southwest, but probably not as hot as of late. Later in the period the chance of low pressure increases, which may bring spells of wet and windy weather at times.

The signal through the end of July and into August becomes increasingly mixed with spells of low pressure and more unsettled weather becoming more likely. There may still be some thunderstorms at times as well. There will still probably be some dry interludes, most probably in the south and southeast. Temperatures are likely to remain warm or very warm and some spells of hot weather remain possible.