The Oval Surrey C.C.C. (Greater London) weather

Headline:

Rather uncertain, with rain or showers. More settled Sunday.

Today:

Early mist and fog patches soon clearing to heavy rain and showers for a time in the morning, especially in the north. Brighter and perhaps remaining dry throughout along south coasts, with sunny spells developing in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 22 °C.

Tonight:

Any showers will soon die out followed by light winds and largely clear skies. Some mist and fog patches developing later, dense in places, especially in Sussex. Chilly in places. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

Friday:

Any fog will soon clear to sunny and scattered showers, these more likely in the west where possibly heavy. Warmer but cooler and cloudier in coastal districts. Light winds. Maximum temperature 22 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Warm sunny spells and scattered showers on Saturday, locally heavy. Dry, largely sunny on Sunday but cooler and cloudier along coasts. Brighter and largely dry on Monday, some sunny spells.

Updated: 05:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 16 May 2024

There is a lot of uncertainty in this period, even at the start when the UK will be in-between low pressure over the near continent trying to keep things unsettled and potentially thundery; high pressure to the west or southwest which would settle things down; and finally low pressure to the north or northwest which may being a more climatological split in conditions between the south and north. Overall though, one way or another, it looks like remaining fairly unsettled across much of the UK, with further rain, showers or even thunderstorms in places, though there will be some sunshine between times, the best of this possibly in southwestern parts. Both rainfall amounts and temperatures are likely to be a little above average, but some large spatial differences are likely.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 16 May 2024

There is nothing to suggest that conditions will be massively different to climatology at the end of the current month and though the first half of June. That said, both temperatures and rainfall are more-likely to be a little above average overall, with a fairly mixed bag seemingly most probable, with further rain or showers (possibly heavy/thundery at times) but also some spells of increasingly warm sunshine when it's not raining.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Wed 15 May 2024