UK weather

Headline:

Rain clearing the southeast. Windy with showers further north.

Today:

Rain clears the southeast by midday, leaving a day of mostly dry and sunny spells in the south. Showers in the north, some being heavy with strong winds. Chance of gales across Scotland with temperatures around average for September.

Tonight:

Showers fade across central and eastern areas, leaving clear spells. Further west and north, showers continue, with longer periods of rain in western and northern Scotland. Staying breezy, gales easing.

Friday:

Rain moves into the west through the morning. Many eastern and southeastern areas staying mostly dry. Windy with possible coastal gales in the north and northwest. Temperatures near average.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Windy with showers, heaviest in Scotland, and patchy rain in the south and west. Drier and brighter Sunday. Monday largely dry and warm, though cloudier with rain in the northwest.

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 the far north west. As such, plenty of dry and increasingly warm and perhaps rather humid weather will develop across the majority of areas. Thereafter, likely turning changeable again, with spells of rain and showers interspersed with some short-lived spells of more settled weather and temperatures returning to near normal overall.

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.