Grand Union Canal : London to Birmingham

South East weather (Met Office)

Updated: 00:19 on Sun, 28-Apr

Rain clearing, then brighter with a few showers.

Today:

• Showers or longer spells of rain, perhaps locally heavy at times, until this afternoon when brighter conditions with a few showers spreads east.
• Temperatures slightly below average.
• Windy at times along the coast, especially the south Kent coast.
• Maximum Temperature 13C.

Tonight:

• Any early evening showers soon die away, and coastal winds quickly decrease.
• Then dry and largely clear with mostly light winds.
• Becoming chilly in rural areas, chance of ground frost.
• Minimum Temperature 2C.

Monday:

• Generally dry with sunny spells, although isolated afternoon showers may arrive, these most likely across western areas.
• Becoming breezy, and also milder with temperatures near or slightly above average.
• Maximum Temperature 16C.

Tuesday to Thursday:

• Tuesday dry start then scattered sometimes heavy showers developing, perhaps longer spells of rain.
• Wednesday and Thursday showers or spells of rain likely, sometimes heavy rain, chance of coastal fog.

UK Day 6-7 and week 2

• During the first weekend, northern parts of the UK are likely to be predominantly dry, while areas of rain or showers, perhaps heavy and thundery, clear erratically from the south to usher in a spell of drier weather here too.
• There is likely to be a fair amount of low cloud in the east at times, with spells of coastal fog, but also temperatures generally above average for the time of year.
• Through the following week, all areas are likely to see a mixture of periods of rain and drier interludes.
• Overall, northern, especially northwestern, parts of the UK will probably be driest and sunniest, while the more changeable conditions remain more likely in the south.
• Temperatures should remain close to or a little above normal for early May.

UK Week 3 and 4

• In this period, the chances of unsettled weather are slightly less than usual in the north and about the same as usual further south.
• Therefore, some spells of wet weather are likely for all, but perhaps especially across southern areas while the driest conditions relative to normal are probably further north.
• The chance of below or above average temperatures is fairly balanced overall, but it is worth noting that average temperatures themselves rise by around 1C per week at this time of year.

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