Thursday
Thursday will be cloudier than of late for most areas, even though the day will start sunny over Northern Ireland and western Scotland. Elsewhere expect occasional showers, more frequent over the English east coast, but some inland too. Through the afternoon it will become cloudier over Ireland with outbreaks of rain reaching the western counties. Mostly light winds with maximum temperatures at around at 9C in north and 12C in south.

Thursday Night
Cloudy over Ireland in the evening with outbreaks of rain in south. Further east expect showers in the evening, but getting drier overnight into Friday with clear spells. Minimum temperatures at 4-5C for most, but Scotland and east England away from the coast will see locally temperatures down to -1C.
 

Friday
A wet start to the day for southern counties of Ireland, and possibly southwest England, with outbreaks of rain. Elsewhere the day will start fairly bright with occasional showers, these mostly towards the east coast, and possibly turning wintry over high ground in Scotland. Through the day rain will continue for Southern Ireland. but will clear in the evening. Some of the showers in east will be on the heavy side. But will die away in the evening with dry conditions prevailing in north and east. However, rain will develop more widely later in the day over the south coast. Breezy in south. Maximum temperatures at 8-10C for most areas. Widespread frost developing overnight over Scotland.

Saturday
A low pressure system over France will give generally cloudy skies central and southern England and Wales with outbreaks of rain spreading north. Rain will get heavy in the evening. Elsewhere it will be a much brighter day with occasional showers. Windy in south, but light winds elsewhere. Maximum temperatures at 8-10C for most, but 12C far south. However the cloudy skies, the rain and wind will give a cool feeling.