Weather and climate change

Headline:

Very windy for some as Storm Amy moves in.

This Evening and Tonight:

Turning stormy across northern parts, especially western and northern Scotland, with heavy rain moving across the UK. Clear spells and heavy blustery showers following, with these merging into a longer spell of rain in the northwest.

Saturday:

Heavy rain clearing east to leave a day of sunny spells and heavy showers or longer spells of rain. Remaining windy, with severe gales in the north. Feeling colder.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Blustery showers on Sunday, though the wind beginning to ease. Further rain likely in the north and west early next week, with drier interludes in the south. Turning milder.

Updated: 17:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 3 Oct 2025

A broadly westerly pattern to start, maintaining relatively mild conditions, especially by night, with some weaker frontal systems moving in from the Atlantic. These will bring further spells of rain or drizzle at times, most likely affecting northern and western areas. Eastern areas generally look drier. By the weekend (11/12 October), there is a signal for pressure to build from the west or southwest of the UK, this means mostly lighter winds and settled for the bulk of the UK with only a risk of wet and at times windy weather for the north or east at the weekend. Under the settled conditions variable amounts of cloud, but fog an increasing risk where skies remain clear, possibly turning cooler later in the period as winds come from the east.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 3 Oct 2025

The latter half of October will see a transition to more widely unsettled conditions once more, though the timing of this remains unclear. Whether this takes the form of successive depressions moving in from the Atlantic or a rather slower evolving weather pattern remains to be seen, but there is a greater chance of more places seeing more frequent spells of rain or showers and possibly strong winds later in the month. Temperatures probably close to average overall.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 3 Oct 2025