Met Office daily weather: A mix of rain, showers, and sunny intervals

The start of the week brings a mix of rain, showers, and sunny intervals across the UK

On Monday, rain will affect northern areas at first, gradually clearing northwards through the day, although it may persist across northern Scotland. As the rain moves away, sunny spells and showers will follow, with many northern regions remaining largely dry. However, fog patches may be slow to clear in parts of southern and central Scotland.

For much of England and Wales, the day will be marked by widespread heavy showers, with the potential for localised hail and thunder. These showers will be particularly frequent and organised into bands across Wales and the south of England. Winds will be strong in the far north-east initially, and locally fresh to strong, occasionally reaching gale force in exposed southern areas. Temperatures on Monday will be near average for most, though locally a degree or so above average across shower-free parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, where it will feel quite warm in the sunshine and light winds.

The night will be rather cloudy, with further showers and some longer spells of rain in places, especially at first. The north-west will be the driest region, where some frost and fog patches may develop. Monday night will be mostly mild, except in clearer parts of Scotland where local frost is possible.

Outlook for Tuesday

Tuesday will bring variable cloud and sunny intervals. Showers will develop from the west early on, spreading further east into the afternoon, with a few heavy downpours possible. Northern Scotland may see longer spells of rain, with showers turning heavier at times.

Rain in the far north and north-west will become more showery overnight, while elsewhere there will be clear spells with occasional showers in the west. It will remain windy in the north, with coastal gales possible in the far north-west.

Tuesday will be near average overall, a little below in the far north-west and a degree or so above in the far south-east.

Met Office presenter and meteorologist, Kathryn Chalk, said: “After what was a wet end to the weekend, we have further blustery showers for many of us as we go through Monday, and most of them will be focused across England and Wales. They're going to be heavy with hail and some thunder, too. but to the north of that, across northern England, much of Scotland, Northern Ireland, plenty of sunshine coming through.

“But across the far north, that's where we have persistent rain across Shetland. We’ll also hold on to some strong winds with coastal gales along the south coast, so feeling unpleasant underneath any heavy downpours, but to the north of that, feeling pleasant where you get the sunshine and lighter winds. As we go through this evening and overnight, the area of low pressure that's responsible for all of these showers will shift its way eastwards, so most of those showers will start easing across eastern areas as we go through the night.

“There'll be some clear spells in between and we'll see a few mist and fog patches developing and turning a little bit chilly. But towards the west, that's where we'll see further showers moving through during the early hours. Otherwise, temperatures still holding up around 11°C or 12°C. But in the clear spells, temperatures falling away. so, could be a little bit chilly with some mist and fog to start Tuesday. But there will still be some dry and bright weather across eastern areas to start Tuesday morning.

“Otherwise, the focus for the showers more so across western areas, more so across Northern Ireland into Scotland, northern England, Wales, and the southwest. Now, they're not going to be as heavy or as frequent as Monday, and there will be some brighter interludes in between and lighter winds as well. Otherwise, temperatures still holding up around 14°C to 16°C, around average for the time of year."