Two more very pleasant days, then low pressure is back for a while.

Thanks to Chickena for the glorious photograph.

We start with high pressure in charge, but it is being squeezed by low pressure towards Portugal which will push north, and low pressure to the west of Iceland which will move south-east – and the latter will become our dominant feature.

Friday will see long spells of sunshine all day, once any stray patches of low cloud/mist have cleared. A little high cloud but mostly sunshine. Warm, 22’C should be reached, or close to. Clear skies overnight, down to around 5’C.

Saturday starts sunny. Some high cloud will spread from the south during the morning, and gradually skies will get hazier – but still very pleasant. Again it will be warm, 22’C feels realistic once more. Fairly cloudy in the evening and overnight, one or two scattered and possibly heavy showers around in the evening and first part of the night. Down to around 10’C.

What a glorious run of weather that was.

Sunday won’t actually be that bad, quite cloudy in the morning, maybe one or two light/moderate showers, tending to be somewhat sunnier in the afternoon, with some cloud. 17’C still feasible. Fairly cloudy at first overnight, more in the way of clear spells later – a stray shower possible, down to around 6’C.

By Monday, low pressure continues its encroachment.

Sunny spells and scattered showers is the theme – some uncertainty on the distribution of showers and they may well be focused to the west of us, in which case we’ll stay dry with some sunny spells, some cloud – but I’d say around a 40% chance of at least a couple of showers. Reaching around 16’C, give or take. Fairly cloudy overnight, perhaps some rain later.

Tuesday is uncertain. It looks like a plume of rain will develop and spread north, but whether it will cross over the UK and bring a wet spell is uncertain, say a 60% chance it will. And then a 40% chance that it is to the east of the UK instead, and we stay with some sunny spells.

The more likely outcome for Wednesday is sunny spells, some cloud, and some showers. More likely temperatures lower, say around 13’C. Not especially high confidence – there is a small chance of a spell of rain instead. Probably quite chilly overnight.

Again not especially high confidence for Thursday, but more likely a dry or mostly dry day, some cloud, some sunshine, a small chance of a shower – and around 13’C.

A chance of rain either overnight or Good Friday, though again uncertainty quite high on this.

A showery theme looks more likely for Easter, though that would mean some sunshine at times.

A washout looks unlikely – any more than one day of rain seems unlikely. Likewise a return to glorious sunshine for the whole weekend looks unlikely, but there could indeed be some sunny and warmish weather.

So expect something mixed.

Suggestions remain for a return to warmer and sunnier weather for the end of April and beginning of May.

A mixed May looks more likely, often warm – especially later in May, sometimes showery – also more likely later in May.

Enjoy the rest of the sunshine.