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Weather Forecast Issued at 08-Apr-2020 04:00:00: AM
Weather Forecast Summary: Headline:
Many areas fine and dry today and Thursday.
Weather Forecast for Today:
Most areas dry with a mixture of cloud and warm bright or sunny spells. Thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain will affect northern parts of Northern Ireland and northern and western Scotland. Southern UK may catch the odd shower.
Weather for Tonight:
Daytime showers soon fading leaving most areas with a dry night with clear spells. Cloudier with patchy rain over parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and far north of England.
Weather Outlook Thursday:
Most areas fine and dry with some warm sunshine. Cloudier with patchy rain for parts of Scotland and northern England. Isolated afternoon showers over parts of Wales and central England.
Weather warnings generated by the Met Office.
Outlook for Friday to Sunday:
Cloud and drizzly rain in North and West Friday and Saturday, dry and warm further South and East, becoming cloudier with showers. Sunday sunny intervals and showers, heaviest in South.
UK Outlook for Sunday 12 Apr 2020 to Tuesday 21 Apr 2020:
After an unsettled start to the week with showers across central and southern parts there should be a return to drier and brighter conditions with plenty of sunshine especially across the south. Some rain is still possible at times over parts of northern Scotland. Towards the end of the period it is likely that the drier weather will prevail, however, they may be spells of wet and windy weather at times. These more changeable periods are more likely across southern England with northwestern areas seeing the best of the drier conditions. Likely to see a large day and night variation in temperature with mild days giving way to chilly nights and a risk of frost in the north.
UK Outlook for Wednesday 22 Apr 2020 to Wednesday 6 May 2020:
Although confidence is low during this time period, the most probable scenario is that dry weather should dominate, with some interludes of more changeable weather at times. Towards the end of the period, there appears to be some signals that it may be drier towards the northwest of the UK, with some wetter and windier weather further south. Temperatures are likely to vary around the average or even slightly above, with some large variations between day and night.
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