🌥️ A bright start across parts of England on Saturday morning

☁️🌂 Cloudy with outbreaks of rain across parts of Wales and northwest England edging south

🌦️ Sunny spells and blustery showers to the far north, becoming more widespread

The 4cast for the first half of the weekend is ready 👇

Temperatures reached into the low 20's today 🌡️ but it will be turning colder by Sunday 📉 with temperatures much much closer to the mid April average 👇

Further outbreaks of rain and drizzle across the northwest giving way to showers later this evening ☔

Elsewhere a bright end to the afternoon with clear spells across much of England and Wales, turning cloudy from the west later ☁️

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Some warm spring sunshine for some on Saturday 🌤️ with sunny spells and April showers the name of the game for Sunday 🌦️

Here is the latest weekend forecast for the coming weekend 👇

Is it sunny where you are ❓

High level cirrus cloud is giving some hazy spring sunshine across the south 🌥️

Thicker cloud across Northern Ireland and the northwest is producing outbreaks of light rain and drizzle ☔

The clearest skies are across northeast Scotland 👇

Outbreaks of rain continue to affect parts of Northern Ireland, west Scotland and northwest England this afternoon 🌧️

Elsewhere, increasingly sunny skies will make it feel rather warm 🌤️ particularly in the south and east 📈

Outbreaks of rain continuing to affect Northern Ireland, Scotland and parts of northwest England Friday morning 🌧️

Elsewhere, low cloud breaking up and clearing allowing some warm sunny spells to develop across the south 🌥️🌡️

A warm day for some but did you see, sunshine or rain today?

Here are the extremes 👇

Outbreaks of rain continuing to affect Northern Ireland, Scotland and parts of northwest England Friday morning 🌧️

Elsewhere, low cloud breaking up and clearing allowing some warm sunny spells to develop across the south 🌥️🌡️

More cloud and rain features in Friday's 4cast, but there is also some sunshine on offer too 🌤️ 👇

Overnight temperatures remaining in double figures for most 🌡️

These temperatures are not too dissimilar to the daytime average for mid April 👇

What's our weather going to be like this weekend? 🤔

It depends where you are in the UK, as there will be a north vs south split.

Find out more with Alex Burkill ⤵️

Becoming increasingly cloudy from the south and west this evening with outbreaks of rain moving in across Northern Ireland, northwest England and Scotland 🌧️

Overnight temperatures remaining in double figures

A new area of rain arriving from the southwest will become persistent across parts of northwest England and southwest Scotland overnight ☔

Up to 10-20 mm is likely but some spots could see more ☔