UK Outlook for Saturday 27 Apr to Monday 6 May 2013:
Most areas will be dry and bright at first this weekend but a band of cloud and rain is expected to move southeastwards across the UK during Saturday and Sunday. Colder, more unsettled weather will follow in behind this band of rain, and it is likely to remain unsettled for much of the rest of April. As a result most areas will see sunny spells and showers, and some of the showers could be heavy with a risk of hail and thunder. It will also be breezy at times. Temperatures are likely to be colder than normal for the time of year with a chance of overnight frosts, especially in rural areas. There are signs of warmer, more settled conditions becoming established across the UK at the beginning of May.
Updated: 1145 on Mon 22 Apr 2013
UK Outlook for Tuesday 7 May 2013 to Tuesday 21 May 2013:
There are signs that the relatively cool and unsettled conditions will have given way to somewhat more settled weather around or just before the start of this period, with an easterly weather type during early May which will then probably prevail into the middle of the month. Given that the North Sea is colder than normal for spring, this will leave eastern and northeastern coasts colder than average, whilst further inland daytime temperatures will most likely be around average, and perhaps a little above average in the west and northwest. Meanwhile, more settled weather also increases the chances of below average rainfall amounts, especially in western and northwestern regions, with near or above average sunshine.
Updated: 1242 on Mon 22 Apr 2013
