UK weather

Headline:

The heatwave continues southern areas. Cooler, with patchy rain northwest.

This Evening and Tonight:

Most areas will have a dry, warm and largely clear night with light winds. However, the north and west of Scotland will see cloudier skies with some patchy rain. A few fog patches affecting Northern Ireland and southwest Scotland.

Monday:

High pressure dominates the weather on Bank Holiday Monday, bringing mostly dry and sunny conditions . The potential for record breaking May temperatures. Northwest Scotland remains cooler with patchy rain.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Another hot and mainly sunny day in the south on Tuesday. Cooler with patchy cloud in the north. Isolated showers. Some very warm sunshine thereafter. Perhaps the odd thundery shower.

The south of the UK is expected to be mainly fine and dry at the start of this period, with temperatures well above normal. It will be cloudier in the north with some rain at times, this heavy in places. Moving into early June, conditions will likely become unsettled across the UK as a whole. Atlantic weather systems will move in from the west bringing showers or longer spells of rain at times. The rain will likely be heaviest in parts of the west and northwest. Temperatures will probably be near normal.

Probably changeable or unsettled at first with Atlantic frontal systems bringing showers or longer spells of rain at times. From mid-month, high pressure may begin to become more dominant with conditions becoming dry and more settled, although some showery interludes are still possible. Temperatures are expected to be near normal at first, but probably rising above average later.