Weather and climate change

Headline:

Rain and drizzle in the west, brighter conditions spreading east.

Today:

Cloudy for many with a band of rain and drizzle spreading northwards. Heaviest in the west, with blustery showers lingering in the far northwest. Turning drier and brighter in the east through this afternoon, but feeling humid in the south.

Tonight:

Skies will clear in the far north, however cloud will persist elsewhere bringing further spells of rain to the north and west. Drier, milder and rather muggy in the south.

Friday:

Another grey day for many with cloud extending from southwest to northeast England, bringing further outbreaks of rain. Drier and warmer elsewhere and feeling especially warm in the sunnier southeast.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Remaining unsettled into the weekend, with showers sometimes heavy and thundery on Saturday. Turning colder from Sunday with further heavy rain in places, turning showery and spreading southwards on Monday.

Updated: 05:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 18 Sep 2025

It will be fairly settled to start the period but there will be spells or rain or showers in south and eastern areas, near to an area of low pressure. Elsewhere, some fog and frost patches are possible at times. It will also turn colder, as a northerly flow becomes established for a time. Later in the week, more widely drier and settled conditions could develop as high pressure becomes more influential, although probably still with some coastal showers. There may however be some thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain in the far northwest at times. Temperatures should gradually return closer to average in this period. Later there may be a return to a more changeable pattern but this is uncertain.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 18 Sep 2025

Confidence is very low in the weather regimes most likely to affect the UK during this period. On balance, there will likely be a transition from slow-moving weather patterns to a more changeable period at some stage although the timing on this is highly uncertain. High pressure probably close to the UK, which would offer some occasional periods of dry weather, will likely give way to a more unsettled period with some short lived dry interludes during this time. Temperatures will likely fluctuate either side of, but often close to, average.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 18 Sep 2025