Groundhog day across the UK as dry and cloudy weather continues… but for how long?

Meteored UK

High pressure remains in charge over the next few days but how long will the gloomy and cloudy weather persist? Find out all the details in our latest weather forecast.

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00:00It's certainly felt like Groundhog Day as of late with cloudy and gloomy weather persisting.

00:05Now this is due to a large blocking area of high pressure centred over Europe,

00:09but it's extending its influence over the UK as well. This has altered the path of the jet stream

00:15which is currently to the north of us and is also blocking those low pressure weather systems from

00:19tracking across the country. Now under high pressure, air sinks and this is trapping in

00:24moisture in the form of mist, fog and low cloud and southerly winds are dragging in mild air from

00:30across the continent. So for the rest of Thursday, Friday and into Saturday, things don't really

00:36change that much. So there'll be a lot of cloudy weather around with some spots of drizzle and the

00:40best of the sunny spells are expected to be across northern Scotland. Remaining mild as well with

00:46both daytime and nighttime temperatures above average for the time of year. Moving into Sunday

00:52though, now this is when things start to change just a little bit. So outbreaks of rain will

00:56track eastwards turning increasingly light and patchy as it does so and sunny spells will follow behind.

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