It's north vs south to start this weekend, the northern half of the UK is going to see a fair few showers - especially in western Scotland and Northern Ireland, head further south though and it's drier with prolonged sunny spells coming through.

Starting with the showery bit, it's the far north of England northward seeing the showers, with some of these heavy with thunder and hail. It's blustery and chilly too, so although there will be some sunshine between any showers - especially further east, it'll not feel especially warm with the 7-11c that the thermometer may show, tempered by that wind.

For the southern half of the UK, with plenty of sunshine and lighter winds it will be a touch warmer but away from the southeast corner where 18c or so is possible, temperatures of 12-15c are more likely.

As we head through the evening and overnight, some persistent rain makes it's way into Scotland - especially down the western side. Some showers continue to affect other parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, but elsewhere it's dry and cool with temperatures comfortably down into single figures.

Into Sunday, and although we continue to see a north-south split, the drier southern half will be starting to shrink as showery rain (some merging into longer spells of wet weather, particularly in the west), gradually heads further southeast into northern England during the day. There'll be more cloud than today, but still some sunshine likely.