Met Office daily weather: Rain, fog, and some brighter spells

The latest forecast shows rain, fog, and some brighter spells expected across the country.

Saturday begins with a band of rain and drizzle gradually moving northeast through the day, lingering across Scotland into the evening. Ahead of this, patchy fog and low cloud will become increasingly confined to the Northern Isles. For much of Northern Ireland and southern and southeastern England, morning fog will clear to reveal a day of sunny spells. However, a few showers may affect the southwest.

Temperatures will take another step down from Friday, with maximum values falling by 1–2°C for many areas, though they remain slightly above average for the time of year. Locally, 15°C is probable away from the west. Winds will generally be light but will strengthen in the far west during the evening as cloud and rain arrive.

During Saturday night, cloud and rain accompanied by strengthening winds will arrive in the far west, moving slowly east across western Britain overnight. Across Scotland, cloud and outbreaks of rain will become confined to Shetland by dawn. Elsewhere, clear spells will develop, with a few fog patches forming. It will be a colder night away from Northern Ireland, with a patchy grass frost possible in eastern areas.

Outlook for Sunday

Sunday starts cloudy with drizzle and fog across Shetland, while southern and eastern areas remain dry at first, with some fog patches. Cloud and outbreaks of rain in the west will move east during the day, becoming heavy at times. By late afternoon, rain will clear from the west and northwest, leaving clear spells and showers, but will persist across central and eastern regions. Winds will be light, becoming moderate to fresh, and locally strong along some coasts. Temperatures will be near normal or rather warm for November.

Met Office presenter and meteorologist, Alex Deakin, said: “It’s a bit of a drab start for eastern England. The rain and drizzle though should be clearing away. It may linger into the afternoon, say in Norfolk, and certainly staying fairly overcast with rain and drizzle across parts of Shetland. But for many, it’s a brightening up day, much brighter than today.

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“We’ll see some good spells of sunshine by Saturday afternoon. So, feeling pretty pleasant with the winds fairly light, a bit of a breeze around western coasts where, as I say, still maybe one or two showers coming into parts of Wales and southwest England, but most areas dry and fine.

“Temperatures still above average, but not as high as they have been for much of this week. It’s still likely to feel pretty pleasant in that afternoon sunshine. It will be turning cloudier for Northern Ireland come the afternoon and that is the next weather system moving in. That’s going to turn things a bit damp across Northern Ireland during Saturday evening. Elsewhere, many areas staying dry, staying largely clear as well. Pretty good evening if you’re heading out to a firework display.

“By the time we get to Sunday, that next zone of rain is moving in. But there is quite a bit of uncertainty about the track of this line of rain. It’s got waves on it, so it will ripple and wiggle around. Parts of East Anglia in the southeast probably staying dry and fine. Northern Ireland should have a brighter Sunday afternoon with some spells of sunshine. But parts of the Midlands, Wales, southwest England could stay a bit soggy.”

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