Cooler with rain affecting most areas by the end of today, heavy in places, with a risk of thunder in the south. Further rain for northern areas next few days, spreading south on Friday.
For much of the UK, it’s been a very dry June so far. However, gardeners and growers alike will be glad of some useful rainfall on the way for many areas over the coming days, as low pressure moves in for the rest of the week. So, turning rather unsettled with rain at times and turning cooler too, certainly compared to last week’s heatwave – when we saw close to 35C. Yesterday saw 25.4C at Hampton in west London, which is likely the highest temperature we’ll see this week
For now, it’s a cloudy start across many areas, the cloud thick enough to bring persistent and locally heavy rain for much of the night and still falling across the southern half of Scotland, N. Ireland, northern England and west Wales – with some showery bursts of rain further south. So some tricky conditions on the roads this morning across the northern half of the UK.
Cloudy across most of the UK this morning, with rain for northern and western parts
For the rest of the day, staying cloudy with a risk of rain for many. Rain continuing to spread northeast across northern England and Scotland, reaching the north of Scotland after the dry and bright start here. For Wales, morning rain in the north and west easing and giving way to showers which will affect much of Wales and SW England too, which could be on the heavy side, with the odd rumble of thunder. Brighter conditions with some sunny spells arriving across N. Ireland once early rain clears, but also some heavy and perhaps thundery showers developing.
Perhaps some brightness this morning across SE England, but outbreaks of heavy rain, perhaps with thunder locally - see our storm forecast, will spread or develop northwards across southern England, the Midlands and East Anglia this afternoon, heavy bursts could cause some treacherous driving conditions for the early evening commute, with some localised surface water flooding too.
As a result of all the cloud and rain around today, temperatures knocked back a peg compared to recent days, highest temperature today of 21C across SE England – where it will turn increasingly humid, 16-19C elsewhere across England, Wales and N. Ireland. Scotland seeing highs of 11-15C.
Through the evening and overnight, low pressure over Ireland and low pressure coming out of the near continent will join forces, with their associated fronts, to bring a rather wet spell of weather across much of England, Wales and perhaps southern Scotland into the overnight period, the rain heavy and perhaps thundery across southern and eastern England, lighter across Scotland, Wales and NW England. N. Ireland and northern Scotland seeing some showers, but some places will stay dry.
Wednesday will see rain spiral around a main area of low pressure over the southern North Sea across much of England, Wales, N. Ireland and southern Scotland, the rain spreading north and west and tending to become stuck over northern and western areas. Drier and brighter spells will be limited, perhaps turning drier across SE England and East Anglia after a wet start to the day, feeling humid here where the sun comes out, though this could trigger a few heavy showers. Also, northern Scotland looks like staying mostly dry and bright or sunny. Temperatures subdued for late June, perhaps reaching 20C in London, elsewhere 15-18C across the south, 13-15C across the north. A northeasterly breeze across Scotland making it feel noticeably cool here.
Still some rain across N. Ireland, the far north of England and much of Scotland on Thursday, accompanied by a brisk and cool northeasterly wind, the rain lingering for much of the day. Drier and brighter further south across much of England and Wales, though as the sun comes in places – some heavy showers may develop, but most should escape these. Temperatures reaching 19-20C across SE England and East Anglia, 14-17C elsewhere.
The rain across the north on Thursday will move south across England and Wales on Friday, drier and brighter conditions following from the north across Scotland, N. Ireland and eventually northern England – but on the cool side in a northerly wind.
Rain clearing the far southeast first thing, then the weekend is actually looking mostly fine, bright and dry for England and Wales, cloud and rain perhaps arriving across Scotland and N. Ireland later on Saturday, before clearing early Sunday to scattered showers across northern areas, though southern areas staying mostly dry.
