Patchy mist and fog soon clearing, and any overnight frost quickly melting, leading to prolonged sunshine through the day, this perhaps stronger than expected. Mostly light winds Mild. Maximum temperature 15 °C.
Tonight:
Clear skies persisting overnight. Mist and fog forming again in places, mainly across southern counties. Slightly milder than previous nights, some prone rural spots perhaps seeing a touch of frost. Minimum temperature 2 °C.
Thursday:
A fine day on Thursday with prolonged sunshine through the morning and afternoon. Sunshine then turning hazier from the west as high cloud moves in. Breezy. Mild. Maximum temperature 15 °C.
Outlook for Friday to Sunday:
Breezy Friday, perhaps the odd shower in the west. Dry over the weekend with variable cloud and sunny spells. Winds generally staying light. Mild or very mild over the weekend.
Updated:
UK long range weather forecast
Likely mild at the start of this period and feeling warm in any sunny spells. However, conditions will be fairly changeable with a chance of showers or longer spells of rain across all areas, these more likely, at least at first, in the west. How weather patterns evolve during the following week is unclear but there is an increased chance that high pressure will become more dominant for a time from the north. This would result in a good deal of dry weather but also lead to a downturn in temperatures with a low chance of a colder spell and wintry hazards. Low confidence by the end of the period but with an increasing chance of milder but more unsettled conditions developing again.
Updated:
Confidence is low in prevailing weather patterns through this period. There is likely to be a mixture of unsettled and settled spells with unsettled slightly favoured initially and settled slightly more probable later. As is typical, parts of the west and northwest will probably be wetter overall with drier conditions in the southeast. Above average temperatures are more likely than below though some colder spells remain possible during late March.