UK weather

Headline:

A day on sunny spells and showers. Feeling fresher.

Today:

Showers will affect windward coasts and spread inland through the morning, with the heaviest and most frequent in the northeast. Conditions improve from the west with sunny spells developing, before rain reaches the far northwest later. Breezy, with near-average temperatures.

Tonight:

Rain moves form the northwest to the southeast overnight. Some heavy rain affects western and northern areas. Blustery showers follow in the north and northwest. Generally mild.

Thursday:

Rain clears southeastern England by early afternoon. Elsewhere, sunny spells and showers. Most frequent in the north with strong winds and coastal gales possible. Cooler northwest, near average southeast.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Friday starts breezy with sunny spells and showers, heaviest in the north, before rain spreads east later. Saturday remains breezy, with rain in the south. A more settled day Sunday.

The first part of this period will likely see a build of pressure across much of the UK, with Atlantic weather fronts becoming more confined to northern and northwestern areas. As such, plenty of dry and increasingly warm and perhaps rather humid weather will develop, whilst the bulk of the rain and possible strong winds are more likely to affect the northwest of the UK. Many areas may remain mostly settled towards the end of September, but there is the possibility of areas of low pressure moving in from the Atlantic bringing more widely unsettled conditions by the end of the month.

Changeable weather may become more frequent as we move into October, with periods of rain and stronger winds becoming more likely to spread from the west, although with drier and brighter spells also. As is not untypical as we move towards mid-October, deeper low pressure systems could bring occasional periods of very strong winds. Temperatures are likely to remain above normal overall, though brief cooler interludes are also possible.