Bank holiday weather: Will it be warm or wet this weekend?

Before you dust off the barbecue or race to the beach it is worth bearing in mind that low pressure will be close by, so rain also features in the forecast.

Northern and western areas look most likely to see wet weather on Saturday with drier conditions for a time further south and east – although a few isolated showers are still possible.

Sunday and Monday will bring more widespread downpours and it could turn particularly wet in southern England by bank holiday Monday.

But there has been a lot of uncertainty in computer forecast models and even at this late stage precise details from place to place are still likely to change.