UK weather

Headline:

Increasingly windy with spells of rain or showers.

This Evening and Tonight:

Turning increasingly wet and windy overnight with the heaviest rain in the north and west. Occasionally damp in the south but generally drier here. Becoming quite chilly under clear skies at first but turning very mild through the early hours.

Friday:

A windy day with gales on coasts and more widely over northern hills at first. Spells of rain clearing south with cooler, sunnier weather and showers following from the north.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Windy with sunny spells and showers on Saturday and feeling rather cold in the north. Brighter and calmer on Sunday before turning milder with some rain in places on Monday.

Remaining changeable through the middle of October, as a series of low pressure systems run across the North Atlantic, often to the north and northwest of the UK, bringing occasional bands of rain and strong winds, but interspersed with brighter and more showery conditions. Rain will be most prevalent across hills in the west and especially northwest, where above average rainfall is likely through this period. Longer drier interludes are more favoured in sheltered southern and eastern parts, but even here it is likely to be wetter than during recent weeks. Whilst brief cooler interludes are possible, temperatures are likely to be a little above average in many areas for the period as a whole, potentially quite warm in parts of the southeast early in the period.

The remainder of October and into early November will probably maintain a changeable pattern overall, with areas of low pressure often passing close to the UK from the North Atlantic, interspersed by occasional ridges of high pressure. As such, showers or longer spells of rain are likely at times, with the wettest and windiest weather typically in the west and northwest, driest conditions more favoured in sheltered southern and eastern parts, and perhaps more widely initially. A trend to more widely unsettled conditions is possible into November. Whilst some occasional colder interludes will be possible at times, temperatures are likely to be near or a little above average for the period as a whole.