National Forecast
24 August 2026 08:00
Today - Monday 24th August
Any mist or fog patches will clear away quickly to leave a dry morning with good spells of sunshine, turning hazier through the day. Becoming cloudier in the southwest with possible showers towards nightfall. After a noticeably cool start, afternoon highs will range from a rather warm 19 to 23 degrees, with no more than moderate easterly breezes.
Tonight - Monday 24th August
Generally dry tonight with clear spells. Some well-scattered showers will feed up in the flow too, mainly across southern counties. Milder than recent nights with lowest temperatures of 10 to 16 degrees in just light to moderate easterly breezes.
Tomorrow - Tuesday 25th August
Rather cloudy and humid on Tuesday. Dry for many at first with just well-scattered showers. From mid-afternoon, showery outbreaks of rain will push up from the south, reaching the northwest in the late evening or early night. Some heavy bursts across southern areas later with localised flooding. Mild or warm in any sunny spells with highest temperatures of 18 to 23 degrees, in light to moderate easterly breezes.
Outlook
Overview: Rather unsettled with rain or showers, heavy or thundery at times.
Tuesday night: A mild and wet night. Rather cloudy with showery outbreaks of rain, heavy at times. Temperatures will not fall below 13 to 16 degrees in light to moderate, occasionally fresh easterly winds.
Wednesday: A mix of cloud and sunny spells with showers or longer spells of rain, heavy at times with thunderstorms and possible surface flooding. Highest temperatures of 19 to 23 or 24 degrees in light to moderate east or southeast winds.
Wednesday night: Showers or longer spells of rain early in the night with a continued chance of thunderstorms before becoming largely dry for a time with clear spells. Another spell of rain will move into southern areas towards morning. Another mild and humid night with temperatures not falling below 13 to 16 degrees in mostly light easterly breezes.
Thursday: Dry but cloudy for most to start. Rain in the south and southeast will extend northwestwards to most areas through the day, heavy with embedded thunderstorms and surface flooding possible. Highest temperatures of 17 to 21 degrees in mostly light easterly or variable winds.
Friday: A mix of cloud, sunny spells and scattered showers. Highest temperatures of 17 to 21 degrees generally, warmest in the southeast, with a moderate northwesterly wind developing.
Next Weekend: A good deal of uncertainty in the details. Likely further rain or showers at times but drier intervals too. Turning a little cooler with highest temperatures generally in the mid to high teens.


