Drier with sunny spells and the odd shower. Lighter winds.
Today:
A chilly start to Thursday with a touch of frost. Cloud bubbling up by the afternoon with the odd shower developing. Feeling pleasant in the sunshine with light winds. Maximum temperature 15 °C.
Tonight:
Day-time showers easing to leave a dry evening. Turning cloudier overnight but most places remaining dry. Light winds to start, but becoming breezier by dawn. Minimum temperature 4 °C.
Friday:
Occasional brightness first thing, otherwise largely cloudy with patchy rain at times. Feeling mild with winds strengthening through the afternoon. Maximum temperature 17 °C.
Outlook for Saturday to Monday:
Often changeable over the Easter weekend with cloud and spells of rain, or showers. Generally drier on Easter Sunday with bright interludes. Temperatures near normal and breezy.
Updated:
UK long range weather forecast
Many areas look to be rather showery at the start of this period, with the heaviest and most frequent showers more likely in the south. With time, this showery theme should become more confined to southern areas as pressure builds from the north, and by the final weekend of April high pressure may dominate most of the UK. This means a gradual increase in the extent of dry and for some, sunny conditions, though other areas may be rather cloudy at times. Where skies are clear overnight, some late season frost remains possible. It is possible that by the end of April, warmer conditions may develop, either through increased amounts of sunshine day on day or through a southerly airflow becoming established.
Updated:
Early May will probably see a good deal of settled weather with high pressure patterns most likely to dominate. Whilst some spells of more unsettled weather are possible at times, these perhaps more likely towards mid-May, much of the period is expected be largely fine and dry. Temperatures are expected to be near or slightly above average overall.