Temperatures will be in the high teens, even just into the low 20sC with a southerly flow. For many, the weather is fair and bright but a band of rain sticks over western Scotland. Blustery winds too
Many areas of the UK are set to have a reminder of summer through the next two or three days, with high pressure and southerly winds bringing well above-average temperatures and dry weather with some sunny spells. However, Northern Ireland and the west and north of Scotland, in particular, look set to miss out, with fronts bringing much cloudier weather with outbreaks of rain.
Met Eireann has said that the rainfall radar in Dublin is offline so "there will be reduced detection of rainfall in the east of the country."
Much of the UK currently has a lot of cloud cover, with extensive fog patches earlier but with sunny breaks coming through in places, especially in sheltered eastern and north-eastern parts of England. We also have some rain in the far north and west of Scotland and in parts of north-west England, and also some intermittent light rain in Northern Ireland.
Not much is expected to change during the rest of the day, with some light rain continuing to affect west Lancashire, Cumbria and much of Northern Ireland. Heavier rain will become more widespread across western Scotland but will die away over northern Scotland. Elsewhere it will be a dry and warm day, with most western areas seeing plenty of cloud and occasional sunny intervals, and central and eastern parts of England seeing the cloud and fog increasingly lift and break up, allowing more sunshine through. In the sunnier areas of England, it will be warm with highs of 20 or 21C in some places, possibly locally around 22C. However, it will be cooler in the western half of Scotland and in Cumbria and west Wales, with highs of 13 to 15C. Elsewhere, highs of between 16 and 19C can be expected.
A warm night will follow for the time of year, especially in the cloudy south-west of Scotland and Northern Ireland, where temperatures will not fall below 15C in some places. It will be cooler under relatively clear skies over much of England and Wales, with skies over Wales tending to clear as the wind direction turns more southerly, but even here, temperatures will generally stay above 10C. Some fog patches are again likely to develop, especially in central, southern and south-eastern England.
On Friday, the rain will become confined to western Scotland (especially the south-west of Scotland) and Northern Ireland. Elsewhere, it will generally be a sunnier and warmer day than today, especially over Wales, western England and much of eastern Scotland, where, due to winds being more southerly, there will be less cloud coming in off the North Atlantic. Temperatures will reach 21 to 23C in most inland parts of England, though it will be cooler near the English Channel coast due to onshore breezes. The east of Wales may also reach 20 or 21C. It will be cooler in most parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland due to more cloud.
The unseasonably warm sunny weather will hold on over much of central, southern and eastern England on Saturday, with highs of 20 to 22C in many inland areas, but fronts will bring the cloudier weather over western Scotland and Northern Ireland slowly south-eastwards to cover the rest of the country. It will be a dull wet day in Scotland and the rain will spread back into north-west England and the north and west of Wales.
High pressure looks set to dominate for the foreseeable future, continuing through next week, but with temperatures closer to the seasonal average. Sunday looks set to be a sunny day for most parts of the country, with some showers affecting the north and west of Scotland, and some isolated showers penetrating into Northern Ireland and north-west England. On Monday, some light rain looks set to affect western Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of north-west England, but the east and south of Britain will remain dry with some sunshine. Most western areas can expect more sunshine towards midweek as the high pressure moves overhead.
