UK weather

Headline:

Isolated severe thunderstorms fading overnight, not quite as hot Wednesday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Any evening showers will fade this evening, with most places staying dry but turning cloudier across the northeast. An easterly breeze will gradually develop overnight, drawing in fresher air into eastern areas. Staying rather warm in the southwest.

Wednesday:

Dry for most with sunny spells. Cloudier in the northeast with bright spells developing. Perhaps the odd shower in the west. Very warm in the southwest, but feeling fresher elsewhere.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Staying hot across parts of the south through the next few days. A risk of a few thundery showers but turning cloudier and fresher from the west towards the weekend.

A more changeable period than we have seen of late, as Atlantic weather systems move in from the west to bring a mixture of drier spells and some showers, or longer spells of rain at times. The rain will likely be heaviest in parts of the west and northwest, with the best of the drier conditions more likely towards the south and east. Temperatures will be near-normal overall, with the warmest spots most likely across eastern areas. It will also be breezy at times, most especially across northwestern areas.

Probably changeable or unsettled at first with Atlantic frontal systems bringing showers or longer spells of rain at times. From mid-month, high pressure may begin to become more dominant with conditions becoming dry and more settled, although some showery interludes are still possible. Temperatures are expected to be near normal at first, but probably rising above average later.