General Synopsis at 12:00hrs for the UK for the next five days: Thursday: A weak ridge over the UK so mostly dry with sunny spells before the next Low pressure arrives. Cold to rather cold. Light to gentle breezes away from the NE and E coast which see moderate winds for a time. Friday: Sees the first autumn storm storm Austen.This will move along the channel to based over N France by 12:00hrs. Heavy rain and showers across the UK. Snow possibly Scottish mountains. Very windy SW Wales, SW England, S England, SE England and the channel. Gusts 60 to 70mph. The winds easing and moving further NE during the day. Very cold to cold. Saturday: A new deep low approaching NW Scotland. An unnamed storm at the moment. Heavy rain moving W to E. Sunny spells ahead of the rain. Winds increasing from the W with Gusting to 60mph to 70 mph in the W and NE and 70 to 80mph possible in Scotland overnight. The channel also seeing gusts to 60mph during the day. Sunday: The second unnamed storm still N of Scotland. A windy day with WNW winds reaching 60mph to 80mph in gusts from N England northwards. 40mph to 50mph N Yorkshire southwards. Light showers in the W. Dry in the E with sunny spells. Average temps S and SE England. Rather cold to cold further N. Monday: Yet another possible named storm moves towards NW Scotland. This bringing milder air and rain across the UK. Rain clearing later S Yorkshire southwards. A windy day with SSW winds gusting 50 to 60mph N England and NW Scotland later. Temperatures becoming very mild overnight.
Local Summary for the next five days: The next five days sees a change away from the quiet autumn weather we have been having to something more like autumns of old. That said apart from the rain we won't be really effected by Storm Austen. The following system later Saturday and Sunday provides further windy weather but nothing really of note here. Some welcome rain yes. This is followed by another system on Monday again unnamed with another spell of wind and rain. So the leaves are likely to get blown off and despite the winds not being too high there's a chance weakened trees weakened by drought may shred some larger branches. Monday sees a recovery in the temperatures bringing a very mild night to the party. The weather systems brining some welcome rain but also some sunny spells. Turning windy Friday afternoon as the first Autumn storm gives us a glancing blow. The weekend starting dry but more rain and windy conditions for Sunday and almost a rinse and repeat for Monday. Temperatures below average by day until Monday when they become average. At night hovering either side of average but turning very mild Monday night. Light to gentle breezes Thursday then we are looking at moderate to fresh winds from Friday afternoon onwards.
Wednesday evening and night: Barometer at 18:00hrs 999mb rising. Temperatures 8C. Winds a light to gentle W breeze. The evening sees some light rain this quickly clearing. The night dry with clear spells. Winds a light WSW breeze. Overnight low 4C to 6C so cold to rather cold.
Thursday: The day kicks off dry and cloudy. Winds a light SW breeze. Temperatures 6C to 7C. Some light showers in the morning then dry with sunny spells. Winds a light WSW breeze. Temperatures 10C so cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1004mb falling. Temperatures 9C. The evening dry with clear spells. The night sees light to moderate rain arriving by midnight. The rain turning moderate to heavy in the early hours. Winds a gentle E breeze. Overnight low 5C to 6C so rather cold.
Friday: The day begins with moderate to heavy rain. Winds a light ESE breeze. Temperatures 10C. Moderate to heavy clearing to showers these locally heavy in the afternoon. Winds increasing to a moderate to fresh WNW breeze. Gusts to 45mph. Temperatures 12C. so rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1000mb rising quickly. Temperatures 9C to 11C. A windy evening with the showers clearing. The night dry with clear spells. Winds a gentle WNW breeze. Overnight low 5C to 6C so rather cold.
Saturday: The new weekend begins dry breezy with sunny spells. Winds a light W breeze. Temperatures 7C to 8C. A dry morning and afternoon with sunny spells. Cloud building in the afternoon. Winds a moderate S breeze. Temperatures 10C. so cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 992mb falling. Temperatures 12C. Light rain soon turning moderate to heavy. Turning windy with a fresh WSW breeze and gusts to 45 mph.The night sees moderate rain clearing and staying windy. Winds a moderate to fresh WSW breeze with gusts to 40mph. Temperatures 8C so average.
Sunday: The day starts dry and windy with clear spells. Temperatures 9C. Winds a fresh WNW breeze. Gusts to 45mph. A dry day with sunny spells. Winds a moderate to fresh WNW breeze. Gusts to 40mph Temperatures 10C so cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1010mb rising. Temperatures 9C. The evening and night dry with variable cloud and clear spells. Winds a light SW breeze. Overnight low 5C to 7C so rather cold to average.
Monday: The new working week starts dry and cloudy. Temperatures 8C. Winds a gentle S breeze. Moderate to heavy rain from mid morning this clearing by the afternoon to sunny spells. Winds a moderate breeze. Gusts to 40mph Temperatures 15C so average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1004mb rising. Temperatures 14C. The evening and night dry with clear spells. Winds a moderate possibly fresh SW breeze. Gusts to 40mph. Overnight low 14C so very mild.
Morning temperatures are those at 06:00 Hrs. The Max temperature are those expected over the 24 Hour period. The evening temperatures are those at 18:00hrs. Overnight Min is the low expected overnight normally 03:00hrs but time may vary depending due to changing air masses.