Sherborne (Dorset) weather

Headline:

A settled and increasingly hot week to come.

Today:

Dry and settled to start the new week with light winds. Morning cloud breaking and clearing to leave an increasingly sunny day across the region. Feeling warm in the sunshine. Maximum temperature 26 °C.

Tonight:

Plenty of late brightness to end Monday. Remaining dry with largely clear skies overnight aside from patchy low cloud around the Moors. A rather warm night in urban areas. Minimum temperature 12 °C.

Tuesday:

Another fine and dry day with plenty of strong sunshine across the region. Slightly breezier than Monday but temperatures climbing higher. Maximum temperature 30 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Heat peaking on Wednesday and Thursday with further strong sunshine. Areas of cloud arriving to end the week but still remaining largely dry with no substantial rain.

Sunny spells and showers in the north on Saturday, with mainly dry weather in the south. Through Sunday and into the start of the following week, Atlantic frontal systems will probably approach or move across the UK, bringing some rain in places, perhaps heavy at times. Temperatures will likely be near normal or slightly above. Later in the period, high pressure will probably have more of an influence with drier conditions developing for many. Some rain is still possible at times, particularly in the north, together with a risk of thunderstorms in the south. Temperatures will likely be above normal.

The broad theme of high pressure remaining in place at least close to the UK seems most probable, but with occasional more unsettled or changeable interludes. These interludes will either be the result of Atlantic frontal systems moving east or thundery plumes possibly drifting north from the continent. The broadly settled conditions mean that rainfall amounts overall are more likely to be below normal than above. Temperatures will probably be above average and some spells of hot weather and heatwaves are possible, especially in the south.