Plenty of weather to watch out for during the upcoming week across the UK. With a north-south split to start, temperatures rising into the mid-twenties, the potential for thunderstorms after midweek and a possible deep low bringing wind and rain at the end of the week.
The weather is going to provide us with plenty of talking points during the upcoming week. We're starting with a north-south split, as some wet weather affects the northern half of the country. At the same time, increasingly warm air is moving up from the south, which will eventually take temperatures up into the mid-twenties. Into midweek, high pressure should briefly settle the weather down for just about everyone but during the second half of the week rain, a thunderstorm risk and potentially also a deep low bringing wind and rain are on the cards.
Today, it really is a tale of two-halves with Scotland, Northern Ireland and a good part of Northern England cloudier and cooler with some rain moving through at times. The heaviest, more persistent rain will often be in the northwest, with those further east enjoying a bit more shelter and a few more dry, brighter periods. Further south, the early cloud will tend to break, especially in central and southern regions to allow some good sunny spells, and with those temperatures will rise. We may see 20c or so in the southeast with other parts of England and Wales heading up into the high-teens. Further north though, 12-14c will be about your lot.
This evening, another band of rain and showers will cross the northern half of the country, just about clearing to leave only a few showers by Monday morning. Elsewhere, the working week starts with varying amounts of cloud with the best of the sustained sunshine likely to be in southern counties. Where the sun does stay out for any length of time, it's going to feel pretty warm, with highs of 22-24c in the south and southeast.
Into the afternoon, another band of wet weather will cross up through Northern Ireland and into western Scotland and northwest England. It'll struggle to make a whole lot of progress east, but even so, some bits and pieces of rain are likely to move across from west to east.
High pressure will be edging north during Tuesday, with the majority of any showers likely to become limited to western Scotland. Other parts of the country will enjoy broken cloud, with the best of the sunshine in central and eastern regions. Highs here will widely reach up into the low twenties, with the southeast into the mid-twenties.
By Wednesday, that high pressure should just about be in charge across the whole of the UK. That means plenty warm sunshine with temperatures widely closing in on the mid-twenties and perhaps a little beyond. The southerly wind may mean some mist and low-cloud touching southern coasts though, keeping it cooler here.
The forecast starts to become a little more tricky at this point. Thursday will keep the very warm air in situ, but there will be the threat of some rain moving into western parts, with some thunderstorms potentially being trigger further east as well. For the most part, there should be plenty more very warm sunshine on offer.
By Friday, low pressure could put in an appearance, bringing stronger winds, a spell of rain and fresher temperatures - but this is very uncertain at this stage with the various models showing different outcomes. Some take the low across into Ireland and up the western side of Scotland, with all parts seeing the effects, whereas others keep it further west with only the north and west seeing much in the way of wet weather. We'll keep you updated on this during the coming days.