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Largely dry on Saturday with sunny spells.

Today:

Chilly start for most places, then largely dry with patchy cloud but also bright or sunny spells, although this afternoon an odd shower may arrive. Temperatures will be close to average. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Tonight:

Any showers soon die away, leaving clear periods and allowing temperatures to quickly fall. Then becoming cloudy overnight, with outbreaks of light rain arriving across western areas. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Sunday:

Cloud and outbreaks of rain, these occasionally heavy through the afternoon, will clear eastern areas early evening. Broken cloud and showers, sometimes heavy, follow. Breezy inland, with strong coastal winds. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Monday breezy, bright spells and isolated showers, until rain spreads east through the afternoon and evening. Tuesday largely dry and cloudy. Wednesday dry with sunny spells. Temperatures increasing.

It will quickly turn more settled everywhere, with most places predominantly dry. Temperatures will fluctuate between being milder than average to colder than average, so it is possible we could see some overnight frost and fog, but overall by day there should be frequent spells of pleasant spring sunshine making it feel fine away from coasts exposed to a brisk easterly wind. How long the settled conditions last is less certain with some signals that showers / rain could return later in the period.

Blocked, or slowly evolving, weather patterns are favoured for late March into early April, with high pressure probably building to the north or northeast of the UK. Whilst confidence is low in how this will influence the weather across the UK, this tends to lead to a more prolonged period of a certain weather type, be it settled or unsettled. In any case, a reduction in Atlantic-dominated weather patterns is likely, although some wet weather remains possible at times, perhaps more especially in the south and east whilst northwestern areas tend to be drier than average. Temperatures will probably be close to average for the period as a whole, but there is an increased chance of some colder conditions developing for a time with a risk of frost.