By Ian Garland
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Ladies Day at Royal Ascot is chance for high society to dress up and show off at one of Britain's great sporting events.
But fashionistas at this year's Gold Cup meeting will need to swap their pashminas for a plastic poncho.
Forecasters are still predicting Ladies Day on Thursday will be a washout and the wet weather will stick around to put on a dampener on Wimbledon the week after.
Dark clouds loom overhead as Jamie Poole carries the Olympic Torch through Hartlepool today
Britain was hit by rain and wind over the weekend, and it's set to return on Thursday
As the five-day Royal Meeting gets under way at Ascot most of the country is still recovering from a weekend of windy and unsettled weather.
Most of the south was treated to sunshine and today's temperatures in the low 20s are predicted to continue through the early part of the week.
Racegoers take shelter during a shower at Ascot in 2008
But things will take a turn for the worst on Thursday.
Rain and high winds return and temperatures will drop.
Met Office forecaster Tom Morgan told the MailOnline last night: 'From tomorrow, there should be a good deal of dry weather.
'Temperatures will be in the low 20s by wednesday and it will feel quite warm.
'But Thursday will see a change into more unsettled conditions, there will be outbreaks of rain and it will be windier, meaning it will feel colder too.'
The unsettled weather is likely to continue into the first week of Wimbledon where it looks likely to disrupt a packed tennis schedule.
Tom Morgan said: 'For Wimbledon in particular, there will be showers on many of the days
and bands of rain will go through on certain days, which will cause prolonged delays to play.'
That means we could be heading for a repeat of previous years, when entire days of play have been wiped out by rain and the schedule has run into a third week.
It's too soon to know if the unsettled summer will affect London Olympics - but the Met Office warn the wet weather is here to stay, for now at least.
Mr Morgan continued: 'There are no prolonged dry spells ahead.
'The indications are that unsettle conditions will continue for the rest of June and into July.'
But there is some hope the weather will settle in time for the sporting showcase, which opens in Stratford on July 27th - for those in the south, at least.
Mr Morgan said: 'What we think is most likely is that the more unsettled conditions will transfer north towards Scotland.
'Southern areas will see more in the way of dry weather and less frequent shower and rain.'
Tennis fans cower under umbrellas during a rain shower at last year's championships
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I'll be wearing me ol' Killarney Hat :-)
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- Desmond, UK Taxpayer,, I see the glass as being Full or Empty, no half measures for me :-)
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Presumably if it rains throughout the O......c (the Games we may not name!) Seb Coe will sue God/Nature/the Met Office and the umbrella manufacturers!!!
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It would be lovely if we actually got a summer in the UK for once, instead of an early autumn filled with false hope and high pollen counts.
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And no doubt the olympics will be a wash-out as well.
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Royal ascot does not start today it starts tomorrow. - - wiseoldhead, Brighton Sussex, --- It's all to do with time travel on the internet. In Australia it's already tomorrow, there it's half way through, while here it's only just today!
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'Royal Ascot is a chance for High Society to dress up'? No. Royal Ascot is now a chance for chaos to show off their cleavage and orange tans. It ceased to be a society event when fascinators were invented.
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DM! Find some positive items to publish. There are plenty out there if you look, and you do not have to look very hard. Your paper is becoming obsessed with doom and gloom. You might just raise the spirits of the Nation if you changed tack. You see your glass as being half empty, I see it as being half full!
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The wetter the better..it adds national colour to the event. I love it when it rains.
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Where's my Kerry Katona story today?
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