Weather and climate change

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Largely cloudy tonight with mist patches.

This Evening and Tonight:

Remaining mostly cloudy overnight and turning rather murky too, especially in the south and east. Patchy rain arriving over Northern Ireland and western Scotland by morning. A mostly mild night.

Tuesday:

Cloudy again for most, rain in the west slowly moving east and weakening. Winds increasing through the day, breaking up the cloud. Further rain arriving in the west by evening.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Increasingly changeable from Wednesday, with showers or longer spells of rain. Some sunny spells are also likely, with temperatures near normal, but turning colder by Friday. Windy at times.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Mon 9 Mar 2026

Mostly changeable through this period, with Atlantic frontal systems passing close to or across the UK at times. These will bring spells of rain and showers, most frequent and heavy in the west or northwest, and perhaps accompanied by strong winds. However, there should also be some drier interludes under transient ridges of high pressure, with longer dry periods most likely in the south and east, though even here some wet weather is likely at times. Temperatures will be near average for the period as a whole, but with some shorter-duration colder interludes at times when frost and hill snow will be possible. Later in the period there may be a transition to more blocked or slower evolving weather patterns, though confidence in the detail of this is low.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Mon 9 Mar 2026

More blocked, or slowly evolving, weather patterns are favoured for late March into early April, with high pressure probably building to the north or northeast of the UK. Whilst confidence is low in how this will influence the weather across the UK, this tends to lead to a more prolonged period of a certain weather type, be it settled or unsettled. In any case, a reduction in Atlantic-dominated weather patterns is favoured, although some wet weather remains possible at times, perhaps more especially in the south and east whilst northwestern areas tend to be drier than average. Temperatures will probably be close to average for the period as a whole, but there is an increased chance of some colder conditions developing for a time with a risk of frost.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Mon 9 Mar 2026