Fortunes are set to change by midweek with drier conditions forecast following a deluge for many parts of the UK on Tuesday.

However, the pattern of wet weather followed by drier conditions is set to continue as more low pressure systems line up in the Atlantic.

It comes as last week was was the wettest for England since early February, according to the Environment Agency.

While there is no prolonged dry spell of weather in the immediate forecast, some models suggest conditions could become more settled by the end of next week.

An area of high pressure will move in again on Wednesday from the west bringing a brief return to dry, settled conditions.

However, temperatures will be lower than at the weekend when a southerly wind pulled in warm air from a heatwave gripping central and southern Europe.

The day will get off to a fresher start with some spots in the single figures.

The coldest locations, including parts of eastern inland Scotland and north-east England, will see temperatures range from 5 to 8C.

Elsewhere, it will be slightly milder with temperatures between 8 and 12C.

For most, it will be dry with sunny spells and temperatures will peak in the high teens to the low twenties Celsius.

However, for North Sea facing coasts, as an area of low pressure spirals away it will be blustery with locally strong north-westerly winds and early showers.

The winds will ease down gradually through the day and in the September sunshine it will still feel pleasantly warm.

The largely settled conditions experienced at midweek will be short-lived.

As Wednesday's high retreats eastwards, the next area of low pressure will roll in bringing cloud and rain on Thursday.

England and Wales will stay largely dry with sunny spells and patchy rain in the west later.

By Friday, it will once again turn drier across the whole of the UK with early cloud in the south-east clearing to sunny spells.

Friday night will see another front approach from the north-west bringing more rain to Scotland and Northern Ireland on Saturday.

This wet weather will arrive for England and Wales by the evening.

Recent rainfall has been helpful in "improving river flows, soil moisture deficits and environmental conditions across much of England," according to the Environment Agency.

However, reservoir storage and groundwater levels continue to decline.

The Environment Agency predicts that if rainfall averages through the autumn and winter months, most of England will be in recovery from drought or will have returned to normal conditions by spring 2026.

However, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire would remain in prolonged dry weather - the level below official drought status.