What happened to summer? South is set for sunny weekend while washout in the north could last all week - as bookies give UK 2-1 odds for coldest June on record

• Heavy showers will mostly affecting northern and western parts today, in a stark contrast to last weekend 
• But downpours from Friday will 'fade away' in the south with 'clear spells' today, according to the Met Office
• Coral bookmakers has slashed the odds on this month ending as the coldest June on record to 2-1, from 4-1

Britons in the south are set for sunny weekend while washout in the north could last all week - as bookies give the UK 2-1 odds for coldest June on record.

Heavy showers are set to mostly affecting northern and western parts today and tomorrow, in a stark contrast to last weekend's scorching temperatures. 

But downpours leftover from Friday will 'fade away' in the south with 'clear spells' throughout today, according to the Met Office.

Meanwhile, Coral bookmakers has slashed the odds on this month ending as the coldest June on record to 2-1, from 4-1, on the back of plummeting temperatures over the last few days. 

Met Office's Alex Deakin said: 'For the South there will be clear spells as Friday showers start to fade away and we will keep some going across the South West.'

Predicting conditions for today, Met Office meteorologist Luke Miall told MailOnline: 'It's looking quite unsettled through today and tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday are good in terms of dry and sunny weather.  

'We've got an area of low pressure which is in the North Sea to the east of the UK dragging in a cold northerly wind, looking unsettled with a band of rain pushing southwards today, heavy and possibly thundery for eastern England and the Midlands. 

'Best of the sunshine for central Scotland today where we will see highest temperatures, 19C in somewhere like Glasgow today, in contrast a lot cooler for London and southern area of England and Wales, looking at 13C or 14C.' 

Referring to tomorrow's forecast, he added: 'Tomorrow an improving picture from the west, generally speaking west-east split, western areas better day and some sunshine, more pleasant. 

'Temperatures still on the cool side, eastern areas with further outbreaks of rain, heavy showers, cold northerly wind across eastern parts of England and Scotland so definitely a contrast from one side of country to the other as we go through Sunday.

'5C this morning, overnight will fall to 4/5C, not unheard of to get that in early June at night time but it is a change to the weather story and a shock to system considering the good weather lately.' 

On the outlook for the rest of this month, Mr Miall forecast: 'Signs are for a continuation of some more changeable weather up to around middle of the month, dry interludes at a time and second half of month looks warmer and drier.

A Met Office map showing temperatures and weather conditions for today. Coral bookmakers has slashed the odds on this month ending as the coldest June on record to 2-1, from 4-1, on the back of plummeting temperatures

Coral's John Hill said: 'Temperatures have taken a sharp drop over the last few days and as a result we have slashed he odds on this month ending as the coldest June on record.

'We are also set for more rain this weekend and the betting indicates we could be in for a record wet month.'

BBC forecaster Darren Bett also predicted cooler temperatures this weekend.

He said: 'The weather this weekend is quite different from previous weekends. We are still stuck in this cool air stream where we've got some unusually windy weather for early June, particularly today, there will be some rain around as well. Things will gradually tend to improve as we head into tomorrow. 

'We've got this cloud curling around an area of low pressure in the North Sea, and that is sinking its way southwards and it's taking that thicker cloud southwards as well, bringing a spell of rain. That will move down into southern parts of England, and behind it many areas I think will get some sunshine, but for eastern England there will be some heavy showers as well. 

'Into the afternoon and the rain probably not amounting to too much by this stage across the south, but it will be windy, and there will be some blustery showers blown in across the eastern side of England, the risk of some thunder.  

Going into next week, he added: 'Now this ridge of high pressure that's moving a bit closer is going to be the more dominant feature I think through Monday and Tuesday, eventually this weather front will bring some rain into the north-west later on Tuesday. 

'But elsewhere I think it will be dry, there will be a fair bit of cloud, some sunshine at times, and we're seeing those temperatures near normal for the time of year.'