Meaul weather

Headline:

Bright start then showers or longer spells of rain.

Today:

A bright start with some sunshine. Then becoming cloudy with more persistent rain reaching the southwest by the late morning and extending to remaining areas during the afternoon. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Tonight:

Staying cloudy with further rain or showers, heavy at times. Becoming misty with the chance of haar in the east. West coast becoming clearer later. Minimum temperature 13 °C.

Saturday:

A cloudy damp start for most then sunny spells gradually developing. Then scattered thundery showers breaking out inm Dumfriesshire and the east. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Mainly dry and bright on Sunday, but breezy with patchy rain later. Monday starting wet especially in west then becoming brighter and wamer later Monday and on Tuesday.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 19 Jul 2019

This period will tend to see a northwest to southeast split in the weather across the UK, with northwestern parts experiencing spells of rain, which could be heavy at times, as well as some periods of strong wind bringing a risk of coastal gales. By contrast, southern and southeastern parts of the UK should see much drier and warmer weather, which could be hot and rather humid at times, especially in the first half of the next week. Thunderstorms could develop as any hot, settled weather breaks down from the west. Beyond that, the forecast is more uncertain, but overall the northwest to southeast split will most probably continue. The south and southeast are likely to see some rain but it will be less frequent than in the northwest.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 19 Jul 2019

As we move into early August, the final month of the meteorological summer, confidence is low in the forecast with no one single weather pattern looking to dominate. As is often the case in summer, this could well mean plenty of fine, dry weather, interspersed with occasional rain or thundery outbreaks, leading to marked local variations in rainfall. Temperatures are likely to be above average, perhaps more especially in the south and west.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 19 Jul 2019