The cold spell is over, but we are back into a land of dull once more.

Thanks to Isabel for the photograph.

The general picture sees high pressure centred over Germany – yet another “if only it was summer” set-up, with a milder south-westerly flow.

Thursday will be a mostly cloudy day, some patchy mist/fog though that will lift if you have any, otherwise a lot of cloud, perhaps a little drizzle. Around 8’C. Mostly cloudy overnight, down to around 4’C.

Plenty of cloud for Friday, perhaps some mist/fog and/or drizzle at times, but there’s more of a chance of a few sunny spells too. Around 7’C. A few clear spells overnight, amongst the cloudy spells – which will lead to fog forming in places once more. Down to around 1’C – a chance of a frost, more so in sheltered spots.

Saturday most likely will be dull and cloudy, some mist/fog around – especially in the morning, some drizzle possible too. A small chance that it may brighten up in the afternoon, but most likely it doesn’t. Around 4’C – quite chilly once more. Mostly dull and cloudy overnight, mist/fog patches forming once more – temperatures close to 0’C so a frost possible.

Sunday sees high pressure start to fade somewhat, but no changes yet in our weather – dull and cloudy, mist/fog will lift though, drizzle possible and around 3’C so pretty chilly. A weak weather front may bring a little rain overnight – and herald a chance.

By Monday we start to see low pressure systems edge in from the west – though at the same time high pressure will try to build over Scandinavia, more likely this means it’s an unsettled spell that struggles to get going properly, though there is a small chance we could end up in a wintry easterly flow down the line.

Details uncertain for Monday but more likely we are looking at brighter skies than we’ve had, though perhaps a little early showery rain to clear. Around 7’C.

Tuesday, again details uncertain but probably dry with at least some hazy sunshine. Around 8’C.

Wednesday or Thursday then probably see some showery rain move through.

Perhaps this becomes something more widely unsettled for a short time, though highly uncertain at this stage. An unsettled weekend looks more likely than a settled weekend, but I state this with low confidence.

Broadly speaking in the weeks to follow, dry is more likely than wet, mild is more likely that otherwise – but that doesn’t rule out short unsettled spells, or short cold spells.

Have a pleasant weekend – I’ll be back on Monday all being well.