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UK 5 day weather forecast
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Bright spells for many today. Heavy rain later in south.
Today:
Low cloud in the east, burning back towards North Sea coasts leaving many areas with bright or sunny spells. Some showers developing across central and eastern areas, before a risk of heavier rain moving into the far south later.
Tonight:
Heavy rain and potential thunderstorms moving across central and southern parts of England and Wales. Dry elsewhere with mist and low cloud becoming quite widespread in the north and east.
Thursday:
Further rain across the south and southwest, with the risk of thunder later. Otherwise largely dry with low cloud gradually clearing. Warm for many but cool along North Sea coasts.
Outlook for Friday to Sunday:
Remaining changeable with further spells of rain or showers, particularly in the south. In any drier and brighter interludes it will feel warm away from the east coast.
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UK long range weather forecast
An uncertain period through the bank holiday weekend with the most likely result a warm but cloudy day Sunday with a few light showers, then increasingly cloudy with rain spreading from the west, though weakening as it does so, however there remains a broad spread of solutions with the threat of showery spells a common feature. Into the new week all areas are likely to see a mixture of showery periods or spells of rain, though generally drier conditions expected to develop through the following week away from the northeast as high pressure develops to the west. Sunniest conditions across the south, cloudiest in the north and east. Temperatures mostly a little above normal for early May.
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In this period, the chances of unsettled weather are slightly less than usual in the far north but trending to slightly more unsettled further south. Therefore, some spells of wet weather are likely for all, but perhaps especially across southern/central areas while the driest conditions relative to normal are probably further north. The chance of below or above average temperatures is fairly balanced overall, slightly cooler around mid-month but recovering soon after, though it is worth noting that average temperatures themselves rise by around 1C per week at this time of year.
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