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Sunday starts fine across the most of the UK but there is some patchy rain in northern and western Scotland. The rest of the day brings very warm sunny periods to central and eastern regions. Near western coasts there could be more cloud at times and in the far north west the risk of rain continues.

Temperatures range from 13C (55F) in the north west to 27C (81F) in south eastern England. See the rain radar for the latest view.

Meteo France Arpege, forecast temperatures, 16:00 BST Sun 6th May

Tonight most areas remain dry but in the far north west there will be further spells of rain. It will remain quite warm despite clear skies.

Bank Holiday Monday

Tomorrow the fine weather continues in the southern half of the UK and temperatures could reach 28C (82F) which would beat the current May Day bank holiday record by more than 4C! In the north there is likely to be more cloud and showery outbreaks of rain are possible again in northern and western Scotland.

GFS 00z, forecast pressure and precipitation, 16:00 BST Mon 7th May

The rest of next week

Tuesday should be fine and very warm in central and eastern areas. In the north, and possibly west, it is expected to be cooler with showery rain.

Through the rest of the week it looks as though a changeable set-up gradually spreads southwards as a west or southwesterly flow returns from the Atlantic. Early on there should be a reasonable amount of dry weather in the south but by next weekend it could be quite cool in all regions with showers or longer spells of rain.

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Upper air temperatures climb to well above the 30 year average during the first week of May before gradually dipping away. Mostly dry weather is shown early on but the risk of wet weather increases after May 8th. View latest GEFS.