Mainly dry, and very mild in eastern parts, but in contrast, western regions will see some particularly wet weather during the next couple of days.
Contrasting weather isn't uncommon on our shores, but some of the variation in the next couple of days will be quite impressive. While parts of western Britain are set to get a soaking, some in eastern England could be heading toward the first 20c of the year.
Today will see outbreaks of rain moving across into western and central Britain during the day, heaviest and most persistent further north. Elsewhere, there'll be some showers around, but many parts of Eastern England will get away with a drier day, along with some bright spells, with highs up into the high teens.
Overnight and into Thursday, it's western regions - particularly on the hills where the rain keeps coming, again with some heavier bursts in amongst it. The rainfall totals will be mounting up at this point, as shown on the map below - this is just for the 24 hours from Wednesday evening.
The warmth further east is likely to peak on Thursday too, with the current model runs suggesting that 20-21c isn't out of the question for some. That would be some 10c above the average maximum for the time of the year should it occur.
Into Friday, rain in the west will spread east to reach all parts eventually, but not before some further mild, and fine conditions in the far east of the country. Following that, Saturday will be a day of sunny spells and sharp, thundery showers. With winds by this point blowing from the west, it's going to be a cooler day and becoming cooler still into Sunday with perhaps some localised frost overnight.
The showers should be fewer and further between on Sunday, with some decent spells of sunshine expected. Cloud will thicken from the west and introduce more rain in from the west during Monday though.