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Cold tonight. Dry on Tuesday.

This Evening and Tonight:

This evening will see scattered showers, occasionally heavy at first. Becoming mainly dry and cold overnight with some frost. Still the odd shower along the west coast. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Tuesday:

Dry and frosty with sunny spells at first. Cloud will spread north but the afternoon will stay dry as the southerly wind strengthens. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Bands of rain push northeast with showers, some heavy and thundery, following Wednesday. These showers continue Thursday. A further rain band pushes northeast Friday with showers following later.

A few showers around at the start of the period, mainly affecting the northwest where it will also be windy for a time. For many though the weekend should be fine and dry with spells of warm sunshine, but still some chilly nights. Into the following week fronts associated with another Atlantic low will try to push into the UK, but may struggle to make inroads against an area of high pressure to the northeast. So the greater chance of some rain is for western areas, while northern and eastern areas may well see plenty of dry weather. Temperatures likely remaining above average.

The dominant pattern during this period is most likely to be high pressure (or higher than average pressure) to the north and lower pressure to the south. This will probably lead to drier and more settled than normal weather in the north or northwest of the UK, with the south and possibly east more unsettled and wetter than normal. Temperatures will probably be close to or slightly above average overall.