Rain set to ease for the weekend as sunshine returns

The weather this weekend is looking much more settled than of late with the return of some sunshine for most.

Saturday will be mostly dry with sunny spells with lots of sunshine on Sunday as high pressure moves in.

Temperatures may be just a bit above average at 11-16C but with the strengthening spring sunshine and light winds it will feel very pleasant for many.

This more settled weather comes after some pretty typical April conditions over the last few days with a mix of sunshine, showers and even thunderstorms giving BBC Weather Watchers plenty of interesting weather to photograph including lightning, mammatus - an unusual type of thunderstorm cloud and double rainbows.

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Unusual mammatus cloud spotted in Warwickshire on Wednesday. The threatening bulges of cloud indicate a lot of turbulence in the lower part of a cumuluonimbus - thunderstorm - cloud

These calmer conditions look likely to last into next week.

Whilst there will be some cloud at times, for most there will be some brighter or sunnier interludes with temperatures in the low to mid-teens.

Despite April showers having been dominant for most over the last few days, rainfall across spring so far has varied hugely across the UK.

In April some places in the south-east of England have had barely any rain compared to some areas in western Scotland which have exceeded their average April rainfall already despite only being mid-way through the month.

Dry spring for most so far