UK weather

Headline:

Staying unsettled with Storm Austen arriving later Thursday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Cloud and patchy drizzle across the north will clear overnight. Clear spells elsewhere, before showery rain spreads into parts of England and Wales later, becoming heavy and squally at times. A chilly night to come in any clearer spells.

Thursday:

A chilly start for many, with heavy showers soon clearing to leave a largely dry day with sunny spells. Turning increasingly unsettled from the southwest later, as Storm Austen approaches.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Storm Austen moves across the country on Friday bringing wet and windy weather to many. Staying unsettled into the weekend, with the risk of further spells of wind and rain.

Continuing unsettled into the early part of next week with an Atlantic frontal system expected to bring another spell of wet and windy weather. Through the course of next week, conditions likely turning less unsettled with rain and stronger winds becoming more focused on northwestern areas. Likely turning drier and calmer across the south and east bringing a greater chance of chilly nights and morning fog patches. A similar pattern then likely continuing during early November though with a chance that settled conditions may develop more widely for a time. Temperatures varying around average.

Slowly evolving weather patterns are more likely than normal during early in November which increase the chance of spells of settled and drier weather. Most areas are still likely to see some rain or showers at times but the focus of these more likely across the northwest of the UK. Into mid-November, the chances of a more unsettled weather regime increases again with more frequent spells of rain for many areas and likely windy at times. Some cold nights possible during more settled spells, otherwise temperatures likely to vary around average.