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Patchy rain early Sunday then brighter with a few showers

Today:

A cloudy and rather dull start with patchy rain or drizzle. Becoming brighter in the morning but some low cloud persisting near coasts. Some sunny spells in the afternoon but the odd shower developing, especially Argyll and Ayrshire. Light winds. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Tonight:

Showers fading away then clear spells but low cloud and patchy fog likely to develop and some still over coasts and the isles. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Monday:

Low cloud and fog mostly clearing quite quickly then bright or sunny spells, but heavy, slow moving showers breaking out by the afternoon, perhaps with thunder. Light and variable winds. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Some bright or sunny spells after early low cloud clears, but with heavy and perhaps thundery showers, though possibly more prolonged rain on Wednesday and Thursday. Light winds.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Sun 19 May 2019

Thursday sees a gradual return to more unsettled conditions. Early rain in the north will clear leaving a few showers. Elsewhere after a mostly dry morning with sunny spells, strengthening winds will spread cloud and rain northeastwards across many west and southwestern parts of England and Wales. This more changeable weather is expected to continue into the Bank Holiday weekend with all parts seeing rain or showers at times, although by Monday the southwest should see some drier and brighter, more settled conditions. Through the rest of the period, confidence is low, but it is probable that the weather will change only slowly, with drier more settled spells occasionally interspersed by wetter, more unsettled weather. Temperatures are likely to be close to or slightly above average.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Sun 19 May 2019

Confidence in the forecast is low for the first half of June, but the most likely scenario is for a slowly evolving weather pattern to become established, with Atlantic weather systems struggling to make eastwards progress across the UK. Overall, settled weather is most likely across northern parts of the UK, but these settled spells will extend to all areas at times. These periods of drier and settled weather will occasionally be punctuated by cooler, showery spells as Atlantic weather systems arrive from the west, albeit temporarily. Temperatures are likely to trend closer to normal as we move through June.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Sun 19 May 2019