Lancaster (Lancashire) weather

Headline:

Some sunshine today, then windy tomorrow with rain in places.

Today:

A few showers in Liverpool Bay at first this morning. Otherwise a dry and chilly start with occasional sunny intervals. Most places staying dry through the day, with sunny spells this afternoon. Light winds and feeling pleasant in the sunshine. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Tonight:

Thickening cloud this evening, with rain for many by midnight. Rain turning more showery for a while through the early hours, but strengthening southerly winds. Much milder than last night. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Sunday:

A windy day with coastal gales possible, especially by the evening. Often cloudy with some rain at times, this generally heaviest and most persistent across Cumbria, with drier spells elsewhere. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Mostly fine on Monday, but isolated showers. Changeable on Tuesday with more widespread showers, some heavy. Persistent heavy rain developing on Wednesday. Generally windy with gales later. Temperatures above average.

Updated: 05:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 23 Sep 2023

Changeable at first with a moist west to southwesterly wind and a mixture of showers, longer spells of rain, and drier interludes. This pattern could also be accompanied by periods of strong winds across western and northern areas, with often calmer weather further south and east. There is a small chance of more widespread settled conditions developing. As we then head through the first half of October, this most likely changeable pattern may gradually give way to more prolonged settled spells, with rain and strong winds more likely to become increasingly confined to the far northwest. Temperatures are likely to be warmer than average overall, but in more settled spells given the time of year there is scope for chilly nights and areas of early morning mist and fog.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 22 Sep 2023

A continuation of the gradually increasing chance of more prolonged settled spells until around mid-month, particularly in the the SE, at which point there are signs of a change of type. A north/south split looks increasingly probable with it being drier than average in the north and wetter than average in the south. Above average temperatures are more likely than below overall, though in any settled spells some chilly nights and morning fog patches will continue to occur.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 22 Sep 2023