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| Met Office predicts more unsettled weather – but not a washout | Met Office predicts more unsettled weather – but not a washout |
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| Showers are expected across the UK this week and into the next, the Met Office has said. Met Office forecaster Helen Roberts said the UK is predicted to have more unsettled weather for the rest of this week, including outbreaks of rain. | Showers are expected across the UK this week and into the next, the Met Office has said. Met Office forecaster Helen Roberts said the UK is predicted to have more unsettled weather for the rest of this week, including outbreaks of rain. |
| She said there were no current indications there would be a washout summer with conditions over the next four weeks expected to be "close to the average for the time of year" with sunny spells and some showers. But temperatures may be slightly below average in some parts of the country. | She said there were no current indications there would be a washout summer with conditions over the next four weeks expected to be "close to the average for the time of year" with sunny spells and some showers. But temperatures may be slightly below average in some parts of the country. |
| "We're tending to see most of the unsettled weather in the north-west with more sunny spells in the south-east. We are not saying there will be a washout summer but there will be spells of rain and showers." | "We're tending to see most of the unsettled weather in the north-west with more sunny spells in the south-east. We are not saying there will be a washout summer but there will be spells of rain and showers." |
| Temperatures in the south-east will reach 17-18C on Thursday and Friday, with a mix of sunny spells, cloud and showers, before dropping to 15-16C on Sunday when there will be more prolonged rain. | Temperatures in the south-east will reach 17-18C on Thursday and Friday, with a mix of sunny spells, cloud and showers, before dropping to 15-16C on Sunday when there will be more prolonged rain. |
| Conditions are wetter in the north-west with temperatures around 13-14C for the rest of the week, dropping to 11-12C on Sunday. | Conditions are wetter in the north-west with temperatures around 13-14C for the rest of the week, dropping to 11-12C on Sunday. |
| Roberts said summer, which officially began on 1 June, had been "pretty good" so far with warm sunny spells across much of the UK. "But we had an unusually snowy winter and a very cold spring." | Roberts said summer, which officially began on 1 June, had been "pretty good" so far with warm sunny spells across much of the UK. "But we had an unusually snowy winter and a very cold spring." |
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