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Monday
A fresher day to come across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern parts of England. Here it looks fair, dry and bright with sunny spells and just the odd coastal shower. More cloud will develop across central and southern parts of England along with a few scattered heavy showers by the afternoon. Still very warm here with highs of 11 to 17C across Scotland and Northern Ireland, 19 to 23C for England and Wales.

Monday Night
A good deal of cloud to come this evening for central and eastern parts of England with showers or some patchy rain. Overnight East Anglia and the south east of England will have some light rain. Apart from rain showers across the north of Scotland, it's dry through the evening and night for the rest of Britain with a touch of frost inland. Lows of 2 to 5C in the north, 7 to 11C in the south.

Tuesday
A cooler day to come for much of the country. Showers will persist across northern Scotland through the day. While it looks dry across the remainder of the United Kingdom, more cloud is likely to affect eastern England with the best of the sunshine in the west. Overnight more persistent rain will spread into northern Scotland and Northern Ireland with a risk of a frost in the south. Highs at 10 to 16C.

Wednesday
Fine and sunny across England and Wales in the morning with a wet morning across Northern Ireland and Scotland. In the afternoon the rain then spill into northern England with the south remaining sunnier and dry. It turns windy and colder in the north this evening and tonight with a risk of snow showers for northern Scotland. A band of light rain will then lie across Wales, The Midlands and East Anglia. Tops of 10 to 17C north to south.