Wednesday
For Wales, south west England and Northern Ireland it's a fine, dry and mostly sunny morning to come. Elsewhere it's cloudier with sporadic outbreaks of rain. This will be light and very patchy tending to fade out before the afternoon. So for the afternoon most places will be dry and bright with some sunshine with just the odd showers possible over north eastern parts of England. Expect maximums at 18 to 21C.
Wednesday Night
Outbreaks of rain and drizzle spill in across The West Country, Wales and Northern Ireland this evening with eastern areas fine and dry. The area of persistent rain then moves into all but the north east of Scotland during the night. Lows of 9 to 14C.
Thursday
It remains dry and bright across northern Scotland this morning but for the bulk of the United Kingdom it's an overcast morning with light rain. In the afternoon it does become dry and bright with sunnier spells for Northern Ireland, Wales and central and southern England. Fair and dry this evening except for rain in the north of Scotland. Overnight another area of rain sweeps into south west England and Wales. Highs of 17 to 22C.
Friday
A very wet day is expected across central and southern England along with Wales with spells of heavy rain. To the north it's a day of sunshine and showers, some locally heavy across Scotland. The rain is expected to persist into the evening and night as it moves into northern England as well. Scotland and Northern Ireland become largely dry. Highs of 15 to 19C.