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| UK bank holiday weekend weather: Mixed forecast sees sunny spells, showers and frost in parts of the country | UK bank holiday weekend weather: Mixed forecast sees sunny spells, showers and frost in parts of the country |
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| Britons are in for a mixed bag of weather this bank holiday weekend. | Britons are in for a mixed bag of weather this bank holiday weekend. |
| Saturday looks to be the best day of the weekend, with sunny spells and bright patches throughout the United Kingdom before a wetter weather front moves in from the north-west of Scotland bringing showers and blustery winds. | |
| A Met Office spokesperson told The Independent that the best of the weekend’s weather would be in the South-east, in and around London, where prolonged sunny spells could result in temperatures pushing 19 to 20 degrees on Sunday. | |
| “There are certainly some good spells of sunshine and you may catch a break,” they said. | “There are certainly some good spells of sunshine and you may catch a break,” they said. |
| The weather will cool dramatically over Saturday night, with northern and central areas seeing some grass frost, before the wetter weather front moves across the UK. | The weather will cool dramatically over Saturday night, with northern and central areas seeing some grass frost, before the wetter weather front moves across the UK. |
| Even as the wetter weather moves in, there will still be some sunny spells in front and behind the front with the South-east hanging on to the best weather. | |
| Further north the picture is more depressing with Aberdeen and Glasgow struggling to break into the teens and temperatures in these areas hovering around nine to 10 degrees. | Further north the picture is more depressing with Aberdeen and Glasgow struggling to break into the teens and temperatures in these areas hovering around nine to 10 degrees. |
| “North-west of Scotland see some rain later on Saturday afternoon and that front will slowly sink south east through Sunday – weakening as it goes but bringing showery weather for many on Sunday,” the spokesperson said. | |
| As we enter next week on bank holiday Monday there is an increased risk of showers as another wet front moves across the UK – but again the spokesperson mentioned there would be patches of sun and broadly the temperature would remain high in many parts of the country. | As we enter next week on bank holiday Monday there is an increased risk of showers as another wet front moves across the UK – but again the spokesperson mentioned there would be patches of sun and broadly the temperature would remain high in many parts of the country. |
| Wind speed and strength will pick up from Saturday, with many parts of the country experiencing blustery conditions as the front moves north east down Britain. | Wind speed and strength will pick up from Saturday, with many parts of the country experiencing blustery conditions as the front moves north east down Britain. |