UK weather

Headline:

Turning extremely hot and humid through this week.

Today:

Any remaining showers will soon clearing eastwards into the North Sea, leaving a very hot and humid day across England and Wales with strong sunshine. Hot across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland with light winds and slightly cloudier skies.

Tonight:

Largely clear and settled with light winds, with some mist and fog patches developing. It will remain widely warm, particularly in the south, leading to a rather uncomfortable night.

Wednesday:

Dry with plenty of sunshine, though an isolated shower is possible in the west. Warm in the north, hot and humid elsewhere, followed by another very warm and muggy night.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Very hot and humid across England and Wales on Thursday, turning cloudier with increasing chances of showers and thunderstorms. Fresher conditions will spread into the west by the weekend.

Fairly changeable conditions at first with periods of rain and showers, and there could be some thundery outbreaks at times. There will likely be some drier and brighter spells though. Into July changeable conditions are likely to continue as Atlantic lows move in from the west, but with transient periods of high pressure. This will lead to spells of rain and cloud interspersed with more settled periods. Temperatures remain widely above average, and the far southeast may retain some of the hot temperatures at first, but likely cooler than the preceding few days.

High pressure patterns are looking slightly more likely than low pressure patterns during this period, meaning a greater chance of settled and drier than average conditions. There is still a chance of some changeable or more unsettled conditions developing at times, with a risk of some heavy and thundery showers. Temperatures are likely to be above normal, with a greater than normal chance of hot conditions developing at times.