UK weather

Headline:

A stormy few days with damaging winds in places.

This Evening and Tonight:

Storm Austen moving east across southern areas overnight with damaging winds possible in Cornwall and west Devon later. Heavy rain sweeping north across most areas with frequent squally showers following to the south. Drier with some frost in northeast Scotland.

Friday:

Severe gales in the south and west, these easing later. Winds increasing through the day elsewhere, with heavy rain or showers for many but brighter further west. Feeling rather cold.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Storm Boelo arriving on Saturday with heavy rain quickly sweeping eastwards. Gales developing widely with severe gales in the north later. Staying very unsettled on Sunday and Monday. Turning milder.

Continuing unsettled into the early part of next week with an Atlantic frontal system expected to bring another spell of wet and windy weather. Through the course of next week, conditions likely turning less unsettled with rain and stronger winds becoming more confined to northwestern areas. Likely turning drier and calmer across the south and east bringing a greater chance of chilly nights and morning fog patches. A similar pattern then likely continuing during early November though with a chance that settled conditions may develop more widely for a time. Temperatures varying around average.

Slowly evolving weather patterns are more likely than normal during early in November which increase the chance of spells of settled and drier weather. Most areas are still likely to see some rain or showers at times but the focus of these more likely across the northwest of the UK. Into mid-November, the chances of a more unsettled weather regime increases again with more frequent spells of rain for many areas and likely windy at times. Some cold nights possible during more settled spells, otherwise temperatures likely to vary around average.