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High pressure is in control of the weather and is bringing us the hottest spell of the year so far. This weekend will see temperatures widely going above 30C (86F) widely across the country and most places will be dry and sunny. The coming week will see temperatures remaining very warm to hot for much of the time although northern and northeastern regions will cool down for a while before a reload of heat takes place later in the week. By next weekend we could find ourselves undergoing a thundery breakdown...
Saturday morning has been dry and sunny across the whole country but western Scotland has had more cloud. This afternoon will keep the dry and sunny weather going. Some places will have unbroken sunshine and it will be hot with temperatures ranging from 24C to 30C (75F to 86F) although western Scotland will be cooler at just 15C (59F) with a risk of drizzle by this evening.
Overnight, most places will stay dry with long clear spells and variable cloud although northern and western Scotland will have patchy rain and drizzle at times. It will be a very warm night with temperatures ranging from 12C to 18C.
High pressure continues to dominate the weather on Sunday.
Scotland will have cloud and patchy rain or drizzle but Northern Ireland, Wales and England will have long spells of sunshine. Isolated thundery showers or thunderstorms could develop across eastern England and over the Welsh mountains just triggered by the heat and humidity of the day. Temperatures could will be cooler across Scotland at 16C to 20C but hot for England and Wales at 28C to 32C (82C To 90F.
High pressure dominates the weather on Monday but within the high pressure a weak cold font will be moving southwards across eastern counties.
Most places will be dry once again with plenty of sunny spells. The best sunshine will be in the south and west with a little more cloud in the north and east. We could spark off a few scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms across parts of England but most regions will miss them and stay dry. Temperatures will still be hot across much of England and Wales at around 30C but Scotland and Northern Ireland will be cooler and fresher 19C to 22C
High pressure continues to be centered over the country on Tuesday so the emphasis remains on dry weather with plenty of sunny spells. A few scattered thunderstorms are likely but most places miss them and stay dry. Temperatures will be very warm or hot at 20C to 32C (68F to 90F) - hottest temperatures tending to migrate further westwards perhaps.
High pressure continues to rule the roost on Wednesday. The majority of the country will stay dry with plenty of sunny spells but a few isolated thunderstorms could be triggered by the heat and humidity. Temperatures 20C to 30C.
High pressure eases a little further east on Thursday. Once again the majority of the country stays dry with more spells of sunshine but a few heavy showers or thunderstorms may break out in the west and south west. Temperatures 20C to 30C.
There's quite a bit of uncertainty for Friday but we may see the high pressure slipping away to the east with a thundery area of low pressure moving northwards from the Bay Of Biscay.
Scotland and north east England might stay dry but the rest of England and Wales as well as Northern Ireland have an increasing risk of heavy thunderstorms pushing northwards through the day. Depending on how quickly the storms arrive temperatures might reach 32C or even 33C (90F to 92F) in the south east corner but generally temperatures will will be cooling down as the storms break out (of course of the storms don't materialize Friday could be a very hot day)
Next weekend could well find a trough of low pressure sitting over the country bringing heavy showers, thunderstorms and maybe longer spells of rain. Temperatures are likely to take a tumble through the weekend!
Summary: Mostly dry and very warm or hot. Plenty of sunshine but a few scattered thunderstorms in places. A general thundery breakdown may take place at the end of the week.
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