Monday
Low pressure to the west of Ireland promotes southerly breezes. Fairly unsettled with areas of rain and showers. Heaviest and most frequent bursts of rain toward southwest England and Wales, also southern Ireland. Drier with bright spells for central and eastern England. Some persistent rain for northwest England, southwest Scotland, also Northern Ireland in the morning. Rain affects northeast Scotland with easterly winds here. Drier periods for the Highlands. Highs 13 to 17C.

Monday night
Heavy and persistent rain extends across south and central England and much of Wales into the evening and night. Further showery bursts follow into the southwest. A dry start to the night for northern England and Northern Ireland before rain is likely to push in from the south later. Drier for Scotland, some mist patches forming under light winds here. Some rain still in the far north. Lows 7 to 11C, locally cooler in rural northern areas.

Tuesday
Low-pressure to the southwest brings another mixed day. Heavy and locally thundery bursts of rain for central, south and southwestern England and Wales, extending further into the Midlands during the day. A swathe of rain moves slowly north over northern England into southern Scotland and across Northern Ireland. Wet and cloudy for eastern Scotland. Drier and brighter in western Scotland. Strong and gusty southwesterlies near the English Channel; easterlies in the north. Highs 12 to 17C.

Wednesday
Low pressure circulates over Britain, although a more active storm system is due to pass much further south at this time. East to northeasterly winds will bring persistent rain to eastern England and Scotland, heavy over the Pennines. Areas of patchy rain for central and southern areas, but drier in the southwest. Heavy rain may pivot up into the far southeast later. Showers for western Scotland, northwest England and north Wales and Ireland. Highs 8 to 15C, particularly chilly in north.