UK Weather: Dry but cloudy across the country, some bright spells in the south east

Here's what to expect for the rest of the week in the UK...

Today:

A fair amount of cloud around today, but also some bright or sunny spells at times, best of the sunshine in the southwest and northeast. Mostly dry for many areas by the afternoon as well. Breezy in the north.

Tonight:

Variable, and often large amounts of cloud with fog patches forming across southern UK. Turning windier across Scotland with rain, heavy at times, developing in the far north later.

Thursday:

Windy in the north with spells of rain spreading across Scotland reaching parts of northern England and Northern Ireland later. Elsewhere, breezy with a mixture of cloud and sunny spells.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Rain at first over central parts easing southwards. Cool mornings in the north and more rain in the northwest on Saturday spreading southeastwards through the weekend. Elsewhere dry, often cloudy.