Brits are set for heavy rain and temperatures close to freezing before the sun arrives for the start of the Jubilee bank holiday and temperatures could hit 22C on Thursday.
The weather is set to improve as the week goes along and temperatures are rising over the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday meaning that the mercury could get up to 23C by Friday.
But there is always a threat of showers and there remains a lot of uncertainty about the weather over the weekend with the Met Office saying much depends on a low pressure lurking to the south west of the country.
There were heavy showers with thunder and hailstone mixed in on Tuesday with flooding in Norfolk. BBC weather also said there were reports of funnel clouds, which are similar to tornadoes but they don’t reach the ground.
And for today there will be a chilly start and heavy rain before the temperatures starting rising.
"Winds are light and with clear skies it is going to turn pretty chilly, a colder night than we have seen recently especially across East Anglia and the South East with temperatures widely down to single figures and it may not even be far off freezing in a few rural locations," said Met Office forecaster Alex Deakin.
"A fairly chilly start to June, start to the meteorological summer, there will be some sunshine around on Wednesday morning certainly across eastern England, Northern Ireland and western Scotland by and large a fine start here."
During Wednesday the showers are set to move eastwards during the day and there could be some heavy rain in northern England but by the afternoon it will start to feel quite warm with it possibly hitting 20C in the south.
"Most places becoming dry overnight and with clear skies that will again allow things to be fairly chilly on Thursday morning," said Mr Deakin.
"There is a bank of cloud with some rain mixed in that is a weather front which does approach Northern Ireland on Thursday but elsewhere it is fine and bright, it’s sunny.
"Yes maybe some cloud will bubble up, there is the small chance of some showers over northern England and southern Scotland (…) but for the vast majority the first of the bank holidays is set fair with plenty of sunshine after a chilly start.
"By the afternoon we are widely up to or above average, high teens low 20s across the south, so things are warming up for the bank holiday weekend."
UK forecast for the next 5 days
Scattered showers, becoming drier in the north and west.
Today:
Cloud and outbreaks of rain across Wales and west Midlands turning showery this morning. Some heavy showers developing across the eastern half of England but drier further north and west with sunny spells. Feeling warmer with light winds.
Tonight:
Any showers quickly dying out with long clear spells and becoming rather chilly. Areas of fog are likely to develop across parts of eastern England overnight and locally elsewhere.
Thursday:
Cloud and outbreaks of rain moving gradually east across Northern Ireland. Sunny spells and warm sunshine elsewhere, although a few isolated showers may develop across Scotland in the afternoon.
Outlook for Friday to Sunday:
Showers in the west, but drier in the east on Friday.The weekend will be fine and dry in the north, but cloudier in the south with some heavy showers.
