Met Office daily weather: A return to summer conditions with temperatures on the rise

Conditions across the UK are set to bring a mix of sunshine, showers, and changing temperatures.

As we move into the second weekend of August, conditions across the UK are set to bring a mix of sunshine, showers, and changing temperatures.

Saturday will begin with a squally band of rain moving southeast across Scotland. This feature will gradually weaken as it progresses, leaving only a few showers by the time it reaches northern Wales and northern England later in the afternoon. Blustery showers will follow into northern Scotland, where it will remain windy throughout the day.

Elsewhere, conditions will be predominantly dry with sunny spells and variable cloud cover. There is a slight chance of a light morning shower in southern areas, but most places will enjoy a fine day. Temperatures will range from rather cool in the northwest to warm in the southeast, with highs of 24-26°C expected across central, southern, and eastern England. Isolated spots may reach 27°C.

Showers over Scotland will become confined to coastal northern and western areas overnight, with winds gradually easing. Most other regions will see clear skies, particularly across southern and central parts of the UK. In rural areas, conditions will turn chilly, with isolated fog patches forming in the south and west.

Minimum temperatures will fall to the mid-single figures Celsius in rural locations, making for a noticeably cooler night compared to recent evenings.

Outlook for Sunday

Sunday will start with a mix of cloud, clear spells, and a few light showers in the far north and northwest. These showers will tend to ease and clear during the morning. Elsewhere, conditions will be fine with sunny spells, and in some areas, particularly the south and east, longer periods of sunshine are expected.

Cloud will begin to thicken in western and northwestern areas during the afternoon, bringing a risk of rain to Northern Ireland. Later in the evening, rain is likely to spread into western Scotland, where it may turn heavy and persistent, especially over west-facing hills.

Winds will remain fresh in the north, while southern areas will experience light or variable breezes. Temperatures will be around average in the north, and rather warm in the south.

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Met Office presenter and meteorologist, Amy Bokota, said: “Saturday morning, a day of two halves. Plenty of clear sunshine around. But there is a frontal system slowly, steadily making its way southeast, replaced with blustery showers across the northern half of Scotland. It will start to fragment as it moves south and turning just to sort of some cloud and some concentration of showers by Saturday afternoon. But further south, it's going to be another day of plenty of fine weather and sunshine around for many. Is still going to be relatively breezy.

“So, on the western coast, you might still see a little bit of a breeze there, but in the shelter and into some warmth on Saturday in that southeast, we're going to be seeing some warmer temperatures again. Perhaps could even see up to 26° again on Saturday. Notably cooler feel though across the north, northwest Scotland at best, still holding on to those teens and it's still going to have a quite brisk breeze coming in from the west as well with a scattering of showers in the mix as well heading through the rest of Saturday evening then.

“So, the showery theme remains for the northern half of Scotland, but elsewhere, lots of dry spells developing and that wind slowly starting to ease a touch and we'll see some clearer spells overnight heading in towards Saturday morning. We are expecting to see warmer temperatures on Sunday and into next week.”

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