Unsettled weather continues to affect the UK, with low pressure systems bringing wet and windy conditions, especially to the north. Temperatures will feel cooler across England and Wales after a heat spike on Sunday, with highs of 25C in south-east England on Monday. Northern parts of the UK can expect strong winds with gusts up to 60mph possible in Scotland by Tuesday, while further south it will be mostly dry midweek. The rain that does fall is not expected to be heavy, except for a band of heavier rain developing in Northern Ireland and Scotland on Monday morning.
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The UK is expecting cooler temperatures with wet and windy weather for the rest of the week, especially in the north. The change in weather comes after a heat spike on Sunday, where south-east England reached 29C (84F). Now, low pressure systems are bringing rain and wind to the area, particularly to the north, before settling down by Wednesday and Thursday. The Environment Agency reports that last week was the wettest week in England since early February. Despite this, much of England and all of Wales are still experiencing drought conditions. A weather front is moving down from the northwest, bringing cooler and fresher air, with temperatures peaking at 25C in south-east England on Tuesday.
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Meteorological summer is over, schools are back and so is the UK's unsettled weather.
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After a heat spike on Sunday, low pressure systems will continue to bring wet and windy conditions, especially to the north of the UK at the beginning of the week, before things settle down on Wednesday and Thursday.
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It will also feel cooler for many places across England and Wales, after Sunday's temperature approached 29C (84F) in south-east England.
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Despite a mostly dry weekend for many, last week was the wettest week in England since early February, according to the Environment Agency.
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Spain recorded 45.7C in Huelva last week, which was the country's highest temperature of the year so far.
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Pressure is falling on Monday, the wind direction is changing and a weather front is moving down from the north-west, signalling a change to cooler and fresher weather.
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The weather front, which is mainly a band of cloud with a few showers, will sweep across England and Wales.
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Sunny spells will follow.
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Temperatures will peak at 25C in south-east England.
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Cooler and less humid air follows the band of cloud.
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Another band of heavier rain will develop in Northern Ireland on Monday morning then spread across to Scotland and Cumbria in the afternoon.
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Accompanied by strong and gusty southwesterly winds, the rain will limit temperatures to around 17C in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Gales for northern UK
A deep area of low pressure will still be situated to the north-west of Scotland on Tuesday.
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These areas are used to strong winds at this time of year but if the windy conditions funnel through the central lowlands there could be some disruption.
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The windy weather in the north will be accompanied by frequent showers.
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Further south, across England and Wales, a spell of rain from overnight will linger in the southeast during Tuesday morning before clearing away.
The rain here will not be that heavy and much of England and the whole of Wales are still in drought.
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The area of low pressure will move into the North Sea on Wednesday and it will be windy along the east coast for a while.
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Otherwise, rising pressure will leave a dry midweek for most of us with some sunshine and lighter winds.
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Showers are expected to return to western parts of the UK on Thursday but these will die out on Friday as they move into eastern areas.
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Temperatures from midweek will be near the seasonal average with the highest temperatures in the south-east of 22C.
You can check the latest details for the weather for the week ahead here.
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