Issued: 0900 Wednesday 1st July 2020
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Wet and rather windy through the weekend before relatively drier weather next week.

A unsettled weekend awaits with spells of rain passing through with brisk winds and feeling chillier across Scotland. Into next week the weather starts to look drier as high pressure ridges in.

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Saturday 4/7/20
An area of low pressure will track eastwards across the UK on Saturday with outbreaks of rain affecting most places through the morning. Heaviest spells over Northern Ireland, central and southern Scotland as well as northwest England. A drier and brighter afternoon for many behind the band of rain although northern parts of Scotland could see some showers developing. Through the evening cloud will start to build in the west. Cool in the northwest at 13 to 16C, elsewhere, highs at 16 to 21C.

Sunday 5/7/20
A breezy and wet start for all on Sunday with the heaviest spells of rain through central southern Scotland first thing. Sunny spells and showers will develop behind with the best of the sunshine developing across western and southern Ireland, southern England and northern Scotland. Highs at 16 to 19C generally. Cooler in the northwest at 13 to 15C and warmer in the southeast with a high at 22C.

Monday 6/7/20
Low pressure will continue to move east and circulate over Scandinavia on Monday allowing for ridging high pressure and drier conditions to come about for the start of the week. With that low pressure still relatively close by the northwest of the country will hang on to wetter conditions; Scotland will see outbreaks of rain, possibly heavy and persistent in that northwesterly wind in the morning, before turning more showery during the afternoon. Sunny spells with showers also expected across Northern Ireland, northwest England and northwest Wales. Drier elsewhere. Highs at 14 to 16C in the north and 18 to 21C in the south.

Tuesday 7/7/20
A largely dry day is currently forecast for Tuesday as a ridge of high pressure nudges up from the Azores. Turning cloudy across western places though through the afternoon with rain moving in to Northern Ireland and western Ireland and then western Scotland later on. Temperatures 14 to 17C in the north. Highs at around 17 to 20C in the south.

Wednesday 8/7/20
A wet day is expected for the northern half of the country; including Scotland, northern England, Wales as well as Northern Ireland and northern parts of Ireland. Further south should stay mainly dry with sunny spells. Temperatures around 16 to 19C. Cooler in the far north of Scotland with highs reaching to only 13 to 14C and warm in the southeast of England at 23C.

Thursday 9/7/20
Low pressure will clear to the east on Thursday with a brief ridge of high pressure bringing drier and brighter conditions for a short time before it clouds up again in the west in advance of the next Atlantic Low pressure. Temperatures around 16 to 20C and warmer in the southeast of England at 22C.