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Rather cloudy overnight. Friday, cloud breaking. Feeling warmer.

This Evening and Tonight:

A cloudy evening with a few mist or fog patches possible, especially near the coast. Some clear spells also possible later in the night, especially to the south and west, turning chilly here with a touch of frost in places. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Friday:

A rather cloudy start, though cloud should begin to break through the day leading to longer sunny spells. Warm with light winds. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Sunny spells Saturday, sunshine becoming hazy later. Warm. Bright start Sunday, becoming cloudier later, with rain overnight. Warm. A few showers early Monday, otherwise dry, bright spells. Cooler and breezier.

Changeable and at times unsettled conditions for many parts of the UK at the start of this period, as areas of low pressure and their associated frontal zones run close to or over the UK. These are likely to be most active in the north and somewhat weaker further south, closer to a ridge of high pressure extending northeast from the subtropical Atlantic. There is also potential for a period of widely windy weather during the first part of this period. By the turn of the month high pressure may become rather more dominant once again with plenty of dry weather, but with some overnight fog and frost.

Blocked or slowly evolving weather patterns are favoured during the first week or so of April. High pressure is the preferred flavour of this block; this probably centred to the north or west of the UK. This means plenty of dry weather, possibly with some pleasantly warm days, but an ongoing chance of overnight fog and frost. Moving further into April, there is an increasing chance that high pressure will become less dominant and thus a greater chance of more places seeing some rain and possible stronger winds from time to time. Overall, temperatures panning out somewhere near to average.