High pressure will continue to bring dry and sunny conditions for most over the next few days, it will turn a little warmer too after a chilly start to the week. However, an area of low pressure to the west of Iberia will drift north towards Ireland by the weekend. So, it will turn increasingly unsettled across the south from Friday and through the weekend, with heavy and perhaps thundery showers spreading up from the south at times. This will be good news for gardeners and farmers alike across the south, where many places that avoided the showers last weekend have not seen any rain for a month. High pressure will stay close to the north though, so Scotland will stay mostly dry and bright.

Today

With clear skies overnight, it was a chilly start to this morning, with a touch of frost in quite a few locations. Some mist and fog patches too affecting some spots, but these should quickly burn off in the sunshine across many areas this morning and warming up quickly too. For most it will remain fine and dry today with prolonged spells of sunshine and light winds. The exception will be across the far north of Scotland – where it will be cloudier and windier with some patchy light rain or drizzle. Warmer than the last two days, temperatures generally reaching 14-18C, though across the far north and northwest of Scotland it will be cooler than this.

Much of the UK will stay dry overnight, clear skies allowing it turn chilly, with mist and fog patches forming across northern areas. Cloudier skies across northern Scotland spreading to other parts of Scotland through the night – as a weak cold front slips south. Risk of a few showers reaching the far SW of England by the end of the night.

Thursday

Most of England and Wales will have another fine, dry and sunny day again on Thursday, a southeasterly breeze will drag in warmer air, so afternoon temperatures reaching 17-21C, though a little cooler around coasts. A weak cold front slipping southeast will bring cloudier skies to central and southern Scotland, N. Ireland and NE England, brighter skies following across the north of Scotland – cooler here as a result, with temperatures reaching 10-15C at best. Turning cloudier at times across SW England and south Wales, with a few isolated sharp showers possible spreading up from the south.