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[Updated 08:15 04/07/2018]
The next couple of days bring scattered showers to the south and cloudier periods to Scotland at times. Despite that it stays very warm in most of the UK. By the weekend high pressure rebuilds to give predominantly hot and sunny weather. The heatwave continues next week....READ IN FULL
Wednesday starts with showery outbreaks of rain in the south west but elsewhere it is dry. The rest of the day brings sunny periods to most areas but in the south there will be more cloud than recently. Showers are also likely at times in the south west, the south and possibly in Scotland.
Maximum values range between 20C (68F) in the south wes to 28C (82F) in eastern Britain, although along the east coast it remains cooler. See the rain and lightning radar for the latest view.
DWD ICON, forecast temperatures, 16:00 BST Wed 4th July
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Tonight showers fade away to leave dry conditions. Later in the night cloud and patchy oubreaks of rain push into western Scotland.
Tomorrow sunny periods develop but in the south thundery showers bubble up during the day. Locally they could be heavy but many places miss them. In Scotland it is likely to be cloudier and cooler. In the southern half of the UK it will be very warm or hot in the sunshine.
GFS, forecast cloud cover, 16:00 BST Thu 5th July
By Friday the warmth returns northwards as high pressure rebuilds over the UK. In southern counties there could be isolated showers but it should be a fine day for most. Temperatures could climb up to 30C (86F) in the south.
Through the weekend the Atlantic remains locked out as high pressure becomes dominant. That means more fine and hot weather for most but isolated thundery showers are a possibility.
GFS, pressure and 500hPA heights, Sun 8th July
Computer models suggest that high pressure will remain close to the UK next week. That brings the expectation of more fine weather and there are suggestions that temperatures could climb into the mid 30Cs. The possibility of thundery showers continues and there are tentative signs of a more changeable pattern returning during the middle part of the month. Nonetheless that is very uncertain.
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