UK weather

Headline:

Turning wet and windy from the west.

Today:

Variable amounts of cloud with sunny spells at first. However, cloud and rain already affecting Northern Ireland will move eastwards during the day, though southeastern areas will stay mostly dry. Windy, with coastal gales in the northwest. Temperatures near average.

Tonight:

Cloudy across many central and southern areas with outbreaks of rain or drizzle at times. Clear spells following across many northern areas, with blustery showers in the far northwest.

Saturday:

Cloud and patchy rain or drizzle linger across southern England and Wales, though brighter in the east. Elsewhere, sunny spells and blustery showers. Windy across northern areas.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Dry but rather cloudy on Sunday with some overnight rain. Rather cloudy on Monday and Tuesday with some sunny spells and lighter winds and turning a little warmer.

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 and perhaps unsettled 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 some transient 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.