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Cloudier with showery rain tomorrow. Changeable over the weekend.

This Evening and Tonight:

A clear night in the east with gusty winds to start with but easing through the night. Cloudy in the west with showery rain clearing northwards. Turning murky around the coasts by dawn and leading to a mild night. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Friday:

A cloudier start with showery rain pushing eastwards. Some brighter spells developing in the west through the afternoon. Lighter winds than of late. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Turning more changeable into the weekend with showers, or longer spells of rain, possibly thundery at times. Temperatures generally returning closer to average.

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. Overall temperatures likely close to or a little below average at first, especially in the north, then returning close to average or rather warm 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.