Weather and climate change

Headline:

Turning wet and windy on Friday as Storm Amy arrives.

This Evening and Tonight:

Rain and strong winds moving eastwards across the UK tonight, clearing all but southeastern England and the Northern Isles by morning. Lighter winds and a mix of clear spells and scattered showers following. A mild night for most.

Friday:

A brief drier interlude initially, before Storm Amy moves in rapidly from the west. Widely windy by the afternoon with severe gales in the north and heavy outbreaks of rain.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Windy on Saturday with gales and blustery showers or longer spells of rain. Winds slowly easing from Sunday, with sunshine and showers into the new working week. Feeling fresh.

Updated: 17:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 2 Oct 2025

A broadly westerly pattern to start, allowing maintain relatively mild conditions, especially by night, and with frontal systems moving in from the Atlantic. These will bring further spells of rain or drizzle and strong winds at times, these more likely affecting northern and western areas, and especially windward high ground. Eastern areas generally look drier. By the following weekend (11/12 October), there is a signal for pressure to build to the west or southwest of the UK, whilst low pressure becomes more prevalent to the east. This means the bulk of the wet and at times windy weather could shift to affect more eastern areas, with the best of the dry weather towards west or southwest. Within this pattern, there is the possibility of slightly cooler conditions developing.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 2 Oct 2025

The latter half of October will probably see a transition to more widely unsettled conditions once more. Whether this takes the form of successive depressions moving in from the Atlantic or a rather slower evolving weather pattern remains to be seen, but there is a greater chance of more places seeing more frequent spells of rain or showers and possibly strong winds. Temperatures probably close to average overall.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 2 Oct 2025