temperature eight to ten and tomorrow, after a cloudy start, you should notice the cloud thinning or breaking up more, with most of sunshine. there could be one or two isolated showers but not as many as today, not as heavy, and a chance of staying dry and it should start to feel warmer. 16 for glasgow and belfast, up to 20 across south eastern england. and the trend to warmer weather continues in the focused, high pressure still building infora focused, high pressure still building in for a trip it s not strong enough to keep the atlantic fronts bay and there will be some rain on wednesday, working to the hebrides, highland, orkney and shetland, perhaps parts of northern ireland, but otherwise a lot of dry weather and pleasant sunshine at more of us will see temperatures climbing into the obtains or low 20s. through the rest of the week, more of the same to more of a single warmth coming through, plenty of sunshine and perhaps if you showers for the weekend. almost like summ
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