particularly with penrith in scotland where it will also be windy and cool. temperatures around 10 12 full stop otherwise for the rest of the uk it is a day of sunshine and showers. some of the showers will be heavy with some hail and thunder and those temperatures are still pretty poon those temperatures are still pretty poor. the average is around 17 for the time of year so it is another cool day. more of the same into the weekend. but this time there will be some heavy rain working into eastern scotland and some stronger winds working into southern england. showers again will be widespread with some thunderstorms developing into the afternoon. the temperatures not changing a great deal. perhaps a bit cooler for parts of eastern scotland. more showers in the forecast for sunday. but briefly next week we might see temperatures get back to average stop it doesn t last long. cooler showery weather returns later in the week. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at six. now it s t
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