UK weather

Headline:

Sunshine and showers next few days. Cooler than of late.

This Evening and Tonight:

A mix of clear spells and showers overnight, the showers heaviest and most widespread across northern England and north Wales with the potential for thunderstorms. Chilly in some rural parts of Scotland, milder further south.

Thursday:

Sunny spells and scattered showers. The focus for the heaviest showers will transfer to other areas of England and Wales, with thunder again possible. Feeling cool in the northerly breeze.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Sunshine and showers again on Friday, though showers easing from the north into the weekend to become mostly fine with sunny spells. Winds generally easing.

Largely dry and settled early next week as a ridge of high pressure continues to extend across the country. Likely turning more unsettled during the week and through to the turn of the month as low pressure becomes more dominant. This bringing showers or longer spells of rain, perhaps heavy, to most if not all areas at times though still some sunny interludes. Possibly windy at times too. Temperatures likely near to average though varying with some short-lived warm and humid spells possible, especially in the south.

A rather unsettled start to autumn is most likely with all areas probably seeing a mixture of showers or longer spells rain interspersed with drier interludes. Temperatures likely varying around average, some warm or hot spells are possible but unlikely prolonged in early September. By mid-September, there may be an increase in the extent of drier, more settled weather, especially in the south and east, though signals become very weak.