Met Office Daily Weather: Remaining changeable during the coming days

Generally, the theme is the continuation of something a bit cooler, a bit breezy at times, and a bit wet at times too.

Thursday will see spells of rain, which could be heavy in places, clear into the North Sea by early afternoon. Blustery showers will then follow across most areas. Elsewhere, conditions remain showery and breezy. Temperatures will be mostly below normal across the country.

Friday, expect clear or sunny spells with showers, some of which may be heavy and could merge into longer spells of rain. Winds will be light to moderate, but fresh to strong along southern coasts. Temperatures will be near normal, though it may feel rather cold in places.

We are keeping an eye on a new front which looks like it will move in on Friday night, bringing rain which could be heavy, and possibly thundery at times on Saturday. Rainfall totals of 20-30mm are likely in places and at present, this looks like it will affect the southern half of the UK. We are keeping a close eye on this to see how it evolves over the next 24 hours or so. 

Met Office Meteorologist Alex Burkill said: “The jet stream is running close to the UK and importantly, we are on the northern side of it, the cooler, the fresher side, which is why there’s a cooler feel to things than we have seen in recent weeks. The jet stream is driving a system across the country as we go through Thursday, so some fairly wet weather for many of us through Thursday and then more showers to come as we go through later Thursday and into Friday. And then, notice the jet is driving another area of low pressure that is heading towards the UK and this is going to bring some heavy rain to us as we head through Saturday as well.”

What is the jet stream?

As we move into next week, the outlook still looks changeable, but temperatures look like they will start to trend to normal by Tuesday, and perhaps just above average by Wednesday.