Liverpool is set for a largely peaceful Sunday, with the city forecast to stay dry and bright and reach 15C by afternoon. The chance of rain is less than 5%, though gusts could top 24mph as the day goes on.
The Met Office said there will be plenty of dry and bright weather around after a chilly start, with skies turning a little hazy into the afternoon. Light winds and temperatures below average for early to mid-May mean the city will not feel like a classic spring warm-up, even if the sun hangs around for most of the day.
That is a sharp shift from the brief warmth Liverpool saw earlier in the month. The city reached 23C on April 30, then followed that with a sunny day on May 2, but the pattern has since turned more unsettled, with duller skies and the odd downpour returning after the earlier spell of better weather.
Sunday night is expected to bring the next change. The Met Office said cloud will build from the north, with showery outbreaks of rain reaching the region during the second half of the night. Overnight, temperatures are forecast to fall to 5C, which is cold enough to make the air feel more like the edge of winter than the start of May.
Monday should begin damp and cloudy before sunny spells emerge from mid morning. Even then, the day is expected to stay cool, with a maximum of 14C and a risk of overnight frost in rural spots. For anyone hoping for a settled run of spring weather, the next few days offer only a brief window.
The broader outlook points to changeable and unsettled conditions dominating the middle part of May, with low pressure bringing periods of rain or showers and temperatures likely to sit close to or slightly below normal. The Met Office says the turbulence should ease by the end of the month, when longer spells of fine and dry weather are expected, with temperatures recovering close to average and turning warm at times. Into June, mixed conditions are still likely, with rain and showers offset by drier spells at times.
For now, Liverpool Weather is pointing to a calm but cool Sunday, a wet night, and a Monday that starts grey before brightening. It is spring in the city, but not the sort that is in any hurry to stay.
