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| England | Environment Agency |
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| Scotland | Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) |
UK 5 day weather forecast
Headline:
Dry spells, with heavy thunderstorms developing. Warm.
Today:
Sunny spells across the country, though an increasing risk of heavy showers and thunderstorms, mostly in western parts. Showers could be heavy with frequent lightning and hail in some spots. Feeling very warm and humid, especially in the east.
Tonight:
Thunderstorms largely dying out through the evening but heavy rain continuing across Scotland. Largely dry elsewhere, but low cloud spreading into coasts giving some misty conditions by dawn.
Monday:
Rain arriving into southwest England in the morning and spreading across Wales and Northern Ireland in the afternoon. Mostly dry with warm sunny spells further east. Cooler than of late.
Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:
Unsettled next week as low pressure remains close by. Further rain and heavy showers for Tuesday and Wednesday. Turning a little drier on Thursday.
Updated:
UK long range weather forecast
Changeable with showers developing by day across the UK during the latter part of the week and over the weekend. The heaviest showers and greatest risk of thunderstorms across southern parts. Temperatures generally around or just a little above average, though with winds tending to be light, still feeling warm in sunnier areas. Over the weekend there are signs that showers may start to ease from the north with drier, more settled conditions probably becoming established for a time. Confidence lowers into the following week with signals unclear how prolonged the influence of higher pressure will be. So after a potentially more settled spell of weather, unsettled conditions are likely to return during the week with the wettest conditions in the west. Above average temperatures more likely than below.
Updated:
Signals during this period are weak and offer limited guidance beyond climatology. Similar weather conditions to those of the preceding few days are most likely to characterise this period to the end of May; a mixture of unsettled periods with rain and showers and settled interludes in-between. By early June, the chances of above and below average rainfall are evenly balanced. There is a slightly higher likelihood of above average temperatures compared with below average temperatures, such that the chance of hot spells, although still very small, is slightly higher than normal too.
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