Despite some of the headlines in the media this weekend, we'll not all be seeing 'perfect' summer weather this week, but with high pressure ridging up from the Azores, the southern half of the UK in particular will see plenty of fine, dry weather.

The process is already well underway today, so a good part of England and Wales will have some decent sunny spells. Scotland, Northern, and Southern Ireland will see some showers breaking out through the day though, along with plenty of cloud filling in from the west. One or two showers may also develop down through western & central England, along with Wales, but they'll be the exception rather than the rule.

Temperatures today, reaching the mid-high teens across the bulk of England, Wales and Ireland, but cooler into the far north of England, along with Scotland where maxes into the low-mid teens will be more typical.

A mostly cloudy night follows, so not as chilly as we've seen in some spots of late. Tomorrow brings a quite pronounced split - with outbreaks of rain making their way into the northwest through the day, where it'll also turn windy. Elsewhere though, a good deal of dry, bright or sunny weather to be had although cloud will thicken from the northwest as the day wears on. Away from the far wetter far northwest it'll be warmer than today as well reaching the high-teens to low-twenties widely, with 23-24c the likely high in a few spots.



Into Wednesday and that rain is still on the scene, but by this stage it'll be trying to make a move further south. As it runs up against our ridge of high pressure it'll be a struggle though, only reaching northern England before slowing right down and beginning to fade away. To the north of the rain band, Scotland will see a west-east split with some showers in the west, keeping the temperatures on the cool side, but drier, brighter and warmer further east. The southern half of the UK will have another warm, mostly dry day with sunny spells - particularly in the east.