Weather and climate change

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Fine and very warm for many. Some rain in north.

This Evening and Tonight:

Band of cloud and some light rain or drizzle across Northern Ireland and southern Scotland moving south into Wales and central England, but most rain fading. A few showers in the far north. Else, fine and dry with clear spells.

Saturday:

Patchy cloud in the south at first, then many areas dry with sunny periods and becoming warm or very warm. Cloudier in the northwest later with occasional rain.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Cloudy across the far north and northwest with some rain at times. Dry elsewhere with periods of sunshine. Generally becoming very warm and hot for much of southern England.

Updated: 17:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 8 Jul 2022

Some patchy rain in central areas and showers in the far north, otherwise mostly fine on Wednesday. Very warm in the far southeast, but cooler elsewhere. Showers are likely to affect the far north on Thursday and Friday, but elsewhere dry and warm. Over the following weekend, a good deal of fine weather is expected, especially in the south, but with a continuing risk of showers in the far north. Temperatures are likely to rise again and become warm for most areas. There is the potential for some very hot conditions to develop in the south for a time. Later, more unsettled and cooler conditions will probably develop with some heavy and thundery rain at times.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 8 Jul 2022

Settled conditions are likely to extend more widely across the whole country towards the end of July and into the start of August. However, periods of cloud and rain remain likely in the northwest. Temperatures will perhaps trend widely above average for most initially, especially across the south. England and Wales may see some very warm or even hot periods. It is likely to return closer to normal towards the end of the period, but the south may still experience some warm or very warm periods.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 8 Jul 2022