Today
Morning mist and fog patches are giving way to a fine warm day, with plenty of sunshine across the country.
Perhaps cloudier at times across the far northeast of Scotland, with any early rain quickly clearing from here.
This evening
Plenty of evening sunshine, then dry overnight with prolonged clear spells. With light winds, there will be some mist and fog patches forming in places.
Saturday
A warm sunny day for many, although some patchy coastal mist is possible in places.
A few heavy afternoon showers or thunderstorms developing across northern England and southern Scotland.
Sunday to Tuesday
A warm and humid day on Sunday, with an increasing risk of thunderstorms.
Turning cooler through Monday and Tuesday, with showers and longer spells of rain.
Winds increasing too.
15 May – 24 May
This period is expected to see low pressure dominating parts of the UK at first, bringing widely unsettled conditions.
Most areas will be affected by showers, which could in a few places be heavy, slow-moving, with thunder and possibly hail, or even longer spells of rain at first, the Met Office says.
Winds will mostly be light, with temperatures up to slightly above average for the time of year.
Heading into the next weekend and beyond, forecasters’ confidence falls significantly, but the weather is more likely to turn a “little less unsettled”.
There will be a greater chance of longer drier interludes between further rain or showers.
Temperatures overall most likely to be a little above average but the chances of any prolonged settled, dry or hot weather are lower than normal.
24 May – 7 June
At the beginning of this period, the weather will probably continue to be fairly unsettled, with rain or showers for many.
There will also be some sunny spells in between, with slightly above average temperatures.
Around the end of May and into early June there are some tentative signs that conditions could become a little more settled, however this does not rule out further spells of rain or showers moving through at times.
