Weather and climate change

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High pressure brings a widely settled weekend.

This Evening and Tonight:

A settled night for many with variable amounts of cloud, this thick enough to produce the odd drizzly shower across higher ground. Dry elsewhere and feeling chilly in rural spots, with clear spells developing in the southwest.

Saturday:

Mainly cloudy with light showers lingering in the north and west. Becoming brighter in the southwest with a few warm, sunny spells later but staying rather cool in the east.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Settled on Sunday and Monday with increasing amounts of warm sunshine. Breezier in the west on Tuesday with scattered showers spreading east through the day. Very warm in the east.

Updated: 17:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 22 Aug 2025

Low pressure is expected to dominate this forecast period, with bands of rain and showers, perhaps slow moving at times which could bring some fairly wet days for some places. That being said there will be a good deal of dry weather in between showers and frontal bands of rain. Winds could be strong at times, especially around coasts as low pressure systems move through. As has been the case over the last few days, and normal for the time of year, confidence in details is lower than average. This is due to the activity in the tropical Atlantic, and how any systems move into mid-latitudes to help develop further low pressure systems which may affect the UK. Temperatures should be around average, still feeling pleasant enough during drier spells.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 22 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 Fri 22 Aug 2025