Bank holiday weekend forecast to end with rain for much of UK

The weather service said that Monday would be “rather cloudy with rain continuing eastwards, sometimes heavy and thundery over England in the afternoon”.

It added that “sunny spells and showers” will follow into western regions with temperatures mostly around the seasonal norm.

Met Office operational meteorologist Dan Stroud said: “It will be a rather cloudy start to Monday with a band of rain moving eastwards during the course of the day, turning a little bit brighter and showery from the west later on Monday afternoon.

“So it’s not a complete washout for the likes of Northern Ireland, Wales and the south and west.”

Mr Stroud said there would be highs of 17C to 18C on Monday but temperatures may drop overnight into Tuesday “low enough for a touch of frost in the very far north of the country”.

He told the PA news agency: “But for many, Tuesday actually starts on a dry and bright note.

“We’ve got the legacy of Monday’s rain still hanging on to the extreme north and east ...
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