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Mainly fine becoming cloudier later with rain.

Today:

Mainly fine, with some warm sunny spells and light winds, although cloud amounts generally increasing as the day progresses. Rain moving northwards into southern parts of the region by late afternoon. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Tonight:

Overnight a band of rain, heavy at times, will spread northwards through the region. This will start to clear and the cloud break up in the south by the morning. Minimum temperature 9 °C.

Sunday:

A cloudy and unsettled day with showers some of which may be heavy at times especially in the south of the region. Winds remain light from the northeast. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Unsettled on bank holiday Monday with showers, occasionally heavy. Tuesday and Wednesday look to be cloudy with afternoon showers, feeling cooler than of late.

A fairly quiet start to the period looks likely with many areas seeing a good deal of dry weather. That said we are unlikely to see a return of the completely dry and warm weather we have see in recent days, with clear or sunny periods and showers more likely. Toward the latter part of the period a trend toward more changeable weather is favoured although there should still be some drier intervals. After a cold start to the period, especially in the north, temperatures likely returning close to average later.

Low pressure systems are likely to dominate across the UK at the start of this period. This means showers or longer spells of rain are likely at times, heavy in places. There will, however, be some dry and warm interludes, although temperatures are likely to be close to normal overall. Later in the month, more settled and drier conditions may begin to develop, with temperatures perhaps rising slightly above normal.