Thursday
Low pressure will be to the north of Scotland on Thursday. Higher pressure to the south, with a shallow area of low pressure in the central North Sea. A cold front extends through northern England, the northern Midlands and Wales bringing some cloud and outbreaks of rain here. Dry across more southern and southeast England with good spells of warm sunshine here. A fresher day across northern parts of Wales and eventually into northern England as well as Scotland and Ireland. Some showers here, a few heavy and most of them in the west. Highs at 21C in the sunshine in the far southeast, nearer 9 to 12C for other parts.
Thursday night
Cloud and some outbreaks of light rain moving southeast through the Midlands, East Anglia and southeast England tonight, this clearing all but the far southeast by morning. Clearer weather then follows from the north, with most of the rest of England, Wales, Ireland and eastern Scotland being dry with a slight ground frost. Showers affecting western Scotland and the north and west of Ireland, some heavy, and windier here too. Lows at 0 to 2C where the skies clear, nearer 5C in the clouduer south and east.
Friday
An area of low pressure is going to be centred over Scotland through Friday with the flow turning more northwest to northerly over all parts of the UK and Ireland. There will be showers or longer spells of rain in Scotland and Ireland, these pushing into northern England and Wales in the afternoon. More isolated showers elsewhere with sunny spells too. Much cooler than recently across the south, highs at 9 to 12C.
Saturday
A ridge of high pressure building over Ireland and the UK through Saturday. There will be a few showers affecting southern and southeastern England, but most places are dry with sunny spells. Increasing cloud and soe spots of rain for northern and western Scotland later. Highs around 9 to 14C.