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Monday starts mainly dry but there is some patchy rain in the far north. Clear spells overnight in southern and central regions have led to fog and frost forming in places. This morning the fog lifts and sunny periods develop in England, Wales and eastern Scotland. In the north west it remains cloudier and patchy rain continues in the far north.

Temperatures rise quickly and widely range from 13C (55F) to 19C (66F) this afternoon. Locally they could be a little higher. See the rain and precipitation type radar for the latest view.

February temperature record smashed

A new high UK February temperature has been set with 20.3C (68.54F) being recorded at Trawsgoed, Ceredigion, Wales. It easily beats the 19.7C (67.46F) reached in Greenwich, London in 1988.

GFS, temperatures, 15:00 GMT Mon 25th February

Tonight there will be a lot of cloud in the north and west. Clear spells in the south and east could lead to patchy fog and frost forming by the morning.

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Tomorrow little changes and very warm upper level air continues to bathe the country. Temperatures will be similar to today's and again the February temperature record could be challenged. Sunny periods develop widely with overcast conditions mainly restricted to the far north west.

GFS, temperatures, 15:00 GMT Tue 26th February

Change later in the week

The meteorological winter comes to an ends on Wednesday. It will be ending with fine and warm weather in most of the country. Temperatures again widely reach the mid teens Celsius. 

During the second half of the week things begin to change. High pressure declines and weather fronts from the Atlantic begin to make inroads. By the weekend a westerly flow returns and all regions have showers or longer spells of rain. Temperatures trend downwards and become close to average in the north. In the south it probably remains quite mild but it will feel a lot cooler than it has done recently.

GFS pressure and 500hPA heights, 12:00 GMT Sat 2nd March

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