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Showers easing tonight. Rain spreading north Friday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Heavy showers will become lighter and less frequent this evening. Showers becoming mainly confined to Argyll overnight, with remaining areas becoming dry with some clear spells tonight. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Friday:

A bright start with some sunshine, a few showers mainly over Argyll. Heavy, persistent rain spreads north from late morning, easing late afternoon. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Sunny spells on Saturday, a few heavy showers in east. Bright start on Sunday then cloudy with some rain, heavy over Argyll. Further rain at times on Monday.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 18 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 early to mid next week. Potential for thunderstorms to develop as any hot, settled weather breaks down from the west. Beyond that, the signals become more mixed although overall the northwest to southeast split will most probably continue. The south and southeast is likely to see some rain but it will be less frequent than in the northwest.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 18 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: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 18 Jul 2019