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No detailed forecast is of much use beyond 5-7 days even when the synoptics are fairly settled and entropy (both intra-model between ensemble runs and inter-model between different products) is low; this can drop to 3-4 days when uncertainty is high, so the new BBC app, for example, which provides hourly data out to 10 days is utterly useless. It's unmodified from the ECM raw output, so has no forecaster intervention and is regarded by experts and knowledgeable amateurs as a joke. I don't think you can go far wrong with the Met Office website forecast for your region - click on the link, enter your location and save: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecastChris, where can I have a look at long range forecasts?
If you'd prefer a forecast video, the Met Office site has an embedded video, or you could try the BBC's weather For the Week Ahead, though, since Meteogroup were given the contract, the resolution of their maps in terms of preciptation locations and amounts has deteriorated: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008flb5