General Synopsis at 12:00hrs for the UK for the next five days: Thursday: Heavy rain over N Ireland, N England and S Scotland. Sunny spells the rest for the rest of England. Windy round northern coasts. Cold to rather cold Scotland. Average to rather mild N Yorkshire southward. Friday: Low pressure to the far SW pushing very heavy rain over the Midlands and S England into S Yorkshire later in the day. Dry to the N of this with sunny spells. Light coastal showers Scotland. Windy England with gusts to 50mph. Cold to rather cold Scotland into S Midlands. Average to rather mild in the far S. Saturday: High pressure building in so turning dry across most of the country with sunny spells. Breezy generally away from the coasts which will be windy. Light Winds Scotland. Cold to rather cold temperatures. Sunday: High pressure pulling back to the NW allowing the winds to swing more northly. A weak front bringing light rain and hill snow to Scotland dying away as it moves S. Sunny spells for the rest of the country. Cold to rather cold Breezy N faces coasts and coasts in the SW. Monday: High pressure over Ireland leaving the UK in a NNW air flow in the E and a NNW flow in the W. Showers down the E coast possibly wintry if the push in over the moors. Cold across the UK. Windy E coasts with gusts to 50 mph.
Local Summary for the next five days: The big change in the coming five days is the change to much colder weather from Friday. Dry Thursday hopefully with some sunny spells. The next band of rain arrives Friday afternoon. The exact track N is uncertain and this will have decide how heavy the rain is. There is also a very small risk of some wintry weather over the peaks if the rain is heavy enough to cool the air. The weekend sees early rain then turning dry with sunny spells. On today’s run the winds fall light overnight Saturday allowing the first widespread frost of the autumn. Temperatures day and night well below average from Saturday. We should also see the first air frost as well. Next week looks mostly cold to rather cold by day and night. A small chance of some back edge Snow on Wednesday. Windy Friday otherwise light to gentle breezes.
Wednesday evening and night: Barometer at 18:00hrs 999mb steady. Temperatures 12C. Winds a light S breeze. The evening cloudy with some showery rain locally heavy at first. The night dry with clear spells developing later. Winds a gentle SW breeze. Overnight low 11C to 13C. So mild to very mild.
Thursday: The new day begins dry with clear spells. Winds a gentle WSW breeze. Temperatures 13C to 14C. A dry day with sunny spells. Winds a light WSW breeze. Temperatures 13C to 14C so average to rather mild. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1008mb rising. A dry evening and night with clear spells and patchy cloud. Winds a gentle ENE breeze. Overnight low 6C to 8C. So average to rather mild.
Friday: A dry start with clear spells. Temperatures 7C to 9C. Winds a gentle to moderate ENE breeze. A dry morning with early sunny spells but cloudy by midday with rain soon arriving. Winds a moderate ENE breeze. Temperatures falling to 7C to 8C so cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1012mb rising slowly. Light to moderate rain possibly heavy by the evenings end. The night sees moderate rain possibly wintry over the peak district later. Winds a moderate ENE breeze. Overnight low 4C to 5C so rather cold to average.
Saturday: The new weekend starts with some light to moderate rain. Temperatures 5C to 6C. Winds a gentle ENE breeze. Rain clearing mid morning with sunny spells following. Temperatures 8C to 9C so cold to rather cold. Winds a gentle ENE breeze. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1018mb rising slowly. The evening and night dry with clear spells and variable cloud. Temperatures 2C to 3C so cold with the first widespread ground frost of the autumn. Winds a light NNE breeze.
Sunday: The new day begins dry, frosty with clear spells. Temperatures 3C to 4C. Winds a light NNW breeze. A dry cold day with sunny spells. Winds a light NNW breeze. Temperatures 6C to 7C. So cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1020mb rising. The evening and night dry with clear spells and some patchy cloud. Temperatures 2C to 3C so cold with a widespread ground frost. Winds a light NNW breeze.
Monday: A dry start with clear spells. Winds a light NNW breeze. Temperatures 3C to 4C. A dry day with sunny spells. Winds a light NNW breeze. Temperatures to 6C to 7C so cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1026mb steady. The evening and night dry with clear spells. Winds a light WNW breeze. Overnight low 0C to 2C. So very cold to cold. A widespread ground frost and patchy air frost.