TODAY'S WEATHER

FRI: Looking better SAT: Sun and cloud SUN: Getting warmer

TODAY will be windy, but the gusts will gradually ease. Persistent early rain in the northeast, elsewhere sunny spells and locally heavy, thundery showers. Temperatures of 16C in London, 14C in Cardiff, 14C in Manchester, 12C in Belfast and 12C in Edinburgh. Breezy and cool on Thursday with blustery showers, some thundery with hail.

Temperatures of 18C in London, 16C in Cardiff, 15C in Manchester, 13C in Belfast and 14C in Edinburgh.

OUTLOOK: Unsettled.