High pressure building for the weekend
After what feels like weeks and indeed months of wind and rain, there is some good news on the horizon.
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After what feels like weeks and indeed months of wind and rain, there is some good news on the horizon.
Read moreHeavy rain to start, then sunny spells and showers.
Heavy rain during the morning, especially in the north and east gradually clearing away northeastwards. Drier with sunny spells and scattered showers developing by the afternoon. Lighter winds and feeling pleasant in any late sunshine. Maximum temperature 18 °C.
Any showers easing during the evening to leave a dry night with occasional clear spells and some low cloud. Another mild night for the middle of May. Minimum temperature 11 °C.
Any low cloud breaking then a mixture of bright or sunny spells and scattered showers, perhaps with longer spells of rain later. Feeling warm in any sunshine, with light winds. Maximum temperature 20 °C.
Changeable with sunny spells and scattered showers. Showers may be heavy at times. Still warm where you catch the sunshine, though with temperatures generally close to average.
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Changeable with showers developing by day across the UK through the end 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 across the north with drier, more settled conditions probably becoming established for a time here. Confidence lowers into the following week with signals mixed. On balance a continuation of the showers in the south seems most likely, with the north continuing to see the best of any drier weather. Temperatures probably remaining a little above average.
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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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