Tuesday
East and southeastern England will be largely dry with bright and sunny spells. Fairly cloudy for the Midlands with odd showers developing from the west. Patchy rain, drizzle and low cloud affects western areas of Britain and Ireland. Some heavier rain extends across Scotland and may persist in southern Scotland into the afternoon. Improving across north and west Scotland. Heavier rain develops from the west over southwest Ireland later. Fresh west to southwesterly breezes. Highs 16 to 19C north, 20 to 23C south.

Tuesday night
Staying cloudy with patchy rain across southern Scotland into northern England overnight. Showers affecting Wales though towards dawn expect longer spells of rain, particularly across the north here. Ireland and Northern Ireland will become progressively wetter. A few scattered showers elsewhere but mainly dry. Chilly in north and central Scotland with lows here at 6 to 9C, elsewhere 10 to 16C.

Wednesday
Fronts extend across the country bringing a spell of rain to many places. The most persistent rain, drizzle and low cloud will be over Wales, northwest England, southwest Scotland and Northern Ireland. The rain moving into eastern regions of Scotland later. Some heavier falls move across more northern areas with time. Scattered showers across southwest England. Largely dry across the far south and southeast of England. Highs 16 to 19C north, 20 to 24C south, warmest southeast England.

Thursday
West-southwesterly breezes prevail, bringing patchy rain to some western areas though most will stay dry with sunny spells. More persistent rain reaches the west of Ireland later too. Quite warm in the south. Highs 17 to 20C west and northwest, 20 to 22C northeastern areas, 23 to 26C central to southeast England.