Weather and climate change

Headline:

Remaining largely settled throughout the rest of the weekend.

This Evening and Tonight:

Showers across Northern Ireland moving northeast into western Scotland overnight. Largely dry elsewhere with variable cloud and clear spells. The clearest skies will be across northeast Scotland and southwest England where it will turn locally chilly with some patchy fog.

Sunday:

Variable amounts of cloud, with the best of the sunshine across the south. Largely dry, but the cloud maybe thick enough to give some light rain in the north.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Dry and mostly settled on Monday, and feeling very warm in places. Turning cooler and cloudier from Tuesday with an increasing chance of heavy and potentially thundery showers.

Updated: 17:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 23 Aug 2025

Low pressure is expected to largely dominate through this period, bringing bands of rain or showers to most if not all parts from time to time. Some heavy rain is possible at times, especially in the west, but this possibly occurring more widely at times. Periods of windier weather are also likely. Confidence in the details remains on the low side, something not untypical at this time of year, largely due to the potential for further systems to develop in the tropical Atlantic, which can have profound knock-on effects on the weather patterns upstream of and over the UK. Temperatures should generally be around average, likely with some day to day oscillation, depending on sunshine amounts.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 23 Aug 2025

Most signs indicate low pressure will continue to dominate, and therefore unsettled or changeable weather looks more likely. This brings potential for periods of strong winds and spells of rain, but with spells of fair weather in between. Confidence through this period remains low. Temperatures are likely to be near to, or slightly above average overall.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 23 Aug 2025