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Thursday starts with heavy showery rain in western Britain. Through the day wet weather continues to affect Wales and western England, and it could push into central areas for a while. South west Scotland also has rain this morning but it slowly spreads northeastwards and fades away. The rest of the UK has a mostly dry day with sunny spells in the south east and north west. 

Maximum temperatures range from 8C (48F) in Scotland to 13C (55F) in England. See the rain radar for the latest view.

Meteo France Arpege, forecast rain, 15:00 GMT Thu 8th November

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Tonight patchy of rain continues in western Britain and Northern Ireland. Central and eastern counties will be mainly dry.

Tomorrow starts with showers in places but it should be mostly dry in central and eastern Britain. As the day progresses heavy outbreaks of rain push into the west and winds strengthen. It becomes very wet and wind gust could approach 70mph in western coastal locations.

Meteo France Arpege, forecast wind gusts, 15:00 GMT Fri 9th November

During Friday evening the wet and windy conditions push eastwards. By the end of the night they may still be affecting eastern England but elsewhere clearer and showery conditions should have returned. Saturday brings sunny spells and showers to all of the country, with the possibility of more persistent spells of rain in the south west.

Sunday sees more of the same as a deep area of low pressure remains anchored to the northwest of the UK. There is a risk of more persistent rain in the south at times.

High pressure returning next week?

Changeable weather continues early next week but beyond that it looks as though high pressure over the continent will begin to exert its influence. Initially that means drier conditions in the south and east of the UK with the north west remaining quite unsettled. However, the settled weather steadily extends across most of the UK, with the possible exception of the far north west. It becomes very mild under a southerly flow, but fog may be an issue. Later on temperatures probably begin to dip. 

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