General Synopsis at 12:00hrs for the UK for the next five days: Friday: A very deep low, Storm Amy the first storm of the Autumn pushes NE to be N of Scotland by midnight. Heavy rain for most the country except the far south while it will be light to moderate. Scotland, Ireland, N England and N wales seeing gusts to 60mph and 70mph to 80mph over the N of Scotland. Winds 40 to 50 mph in remaining areas. Very cool to cool by day. Saturday: A windy day generally with heavy showers or longer spells of rain S Yorkshire northwards. Gusts to 40 to 50 mph over England N Ireland and S of Scotland. Gusts to 60mph N of Scotland. Sunday: Low pressure over Norway to the N of the UK. Some light showers W Scotland into NW England. Winds easing steadily. Dry with sunny spells in the rest of the UK. Very cool to cool by day. Monday: High pressure ridging in with weather front passing over the top bringing heavy rain at times to Scotland. Windy around coasts and breezy inland. Rather cool to average N Yorkshire northwards. Average to rather warm from S Yorkshire southwards. Dry with sunny spells N Ireland and England. Tuesday: High pressure over the S of the UK while low pressure pushes rain into N Ireland and Scotland and the far N of England. Breezy across the country. Cool where the rain falls and average rather warm N Yorkshire southwards with sunny spells.
Local Summary for the next five days: All the interest is of course on storm Amy. Although the track has drifted south somewhat from yesterdays modelling the low is too far N for a major impact in regards to winds. However we are now back in line for some very heavy rain late Friday Afternoon and early evening. It will be windy but nothing out of the ordinary considering it's autumn and it will be windy until Sunday afternoon. Temperatures over the weekend by day on the cool side while the nights are average to rather warm. The weather dry dry from Sunday with sunny spells and temperatures back to average or just above. So there we have Amy to soak us but not going to blow us away at the time of writing.
Thursday evening and night: Barometer at 18:00hrs 1012mb falling rapidly. Temperatures 16C. Winds a light S breeze. The evening starting dry with building cloud. The night sees moderate to heavy rain arriving turning light and showery by morning. Temperatures 12C to 13C so rather warm. Winds a gentle SSW breeze.
Friday: A showery welcome to the new day. Temperatures 14C. Winds a gentle SW breeze. The turning dry from mid morning with sunny spells for a while before heavy rain arrives in the afternoon. Winds a moderate SSW breeze gusts to 40 mph. Temperatures 16C to 17C so rather cool. Barometer at 18:00hrs 992mb steady. The evening sees moderate to heavy rain easing by the evenings end. Winds a moderate possibly fresh SW breeze. Gusts to 45 mph. Light rain to moderate rain at times through the night. Winds a moderate to fresh WSW breeze gusts to 45mph. Overnight low 10C to 12C. So average to rather warm.
Saturday: The weekend begins with light to moderate rain. Winds a fresh SSW breeze. Gusts 50mph. Temperatures 11C to 13C. Dry from mid morning with sunny spells. Winds a moderate to fresh WNW breeze. Gusts to 45mph. Temperatures unchanged. So very cool. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1000mb rising rapidly. The evening and night dry with clear spells. Winds a moderate possibly fresh WNW breeze gusts to 40mph. Overnight low 9C to 10C. So average.
Sunday: A dry start with clear spells. Temperatures 10C to 11C. Winds a gentle possibly moderate WNW breeze. A dry day with sunny spells. Winds a gentle W. Temperatures 14C to 15C so cool. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1020mb falling. The evening and night dry after early sunny spells then patchy cloud after dusk. Winds a light to gentle WSW breeze. Overnight low 11C to 12C so rather warm.
Monday: The day begins dry with clear spells. Temperatures 12C to 13C. Winds a light to gentle WSW breeze. A dry day with sunny spells. Temperatures 18C to 19C so average to rather warm. Winds a gentle WSW breeze. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1020mb falling. The evening dry with clear spells. The night dry with clear spells and some patchy cloud. Temperatures 9C to 11C so average to rather warm. Winds a light to gentle WSW breeze.
Tuesday: A dry start with clear spells. Temperatures 10C to 12C. Winds a light WSW breeze. A dry with sunny spells. Winds a gentle WSW breeze. Temperatures 17C to 19C. So average to rather warm. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1016mb falling. The evening and night dry after early sunny spells and then clear spells after dark. Temperatures 11C to 12C so rather warm. Winds a gentle WSW breeze.