Autumn continues, and it will set in later this week. Here's 5 weather details to help you ahead this week: 1 - Warm Monday, wet west and north: A broad area of warm and humid air affects all of the British Isles on Monday, high temperatures to 23 to 26C central and
Musings
Chance Of A Settled Window Later This Month
In early September, several longer range models were suggesting a window of high pressure moving in from mid-September onward. Now that mid-September is upon us, short-term forecast models indicate that this period will not be settled. Quite the opposite actually - a continued mixed regime with several windows of rain,
Rain Moves South, But Many Are In The Shadow
Throughout today, a frontal boundary will move southward across the British Isles, bringing a band of rain with it, which could be quite heavy in places. There will however be a notable rain shadow effect, which the chart below exemplifies quite well (chart valid for midnight into Sunday): This is a
Northwest-southeast rainfall divide
Frontal waves and rain development
The reality of what is to come for early autumn
The UK’s record-breaking summer is continuing to shape the farming season as autumn begins. The summer of 2026 was the hottest on record, with exceptionally high temperatures and very low rainfall putting significant pressure on agriculture. In England, almost three-quarters of land was reported to be in drought during August, after
5 week ahead weather things to know
1 - Standard west-southwesterlies: A very typical climatological weather regime this week as Atlantic frontal systems sweep in, bringing rain at times mostly northwestern areas, whilst south and eastern areas are commonly drier. 2 - Some heavy rain northwest: A series of frontal systems and troughs over the next week or so
Who’s getting what rain over the next week
Although we are currently within a mixed weather pattern, rainfall totals are expected to remain fairly limited across some parts of the UK. This is particularly the case across southern and south-eastern England, where little to no rain is forecast over the next five days according to the latest model
Rainfall Outlook
Hello all, The latest ECMWF rainfall outlook shows an interesting change across the British Isles over the next couple of weeks, with a relatively unsettled start before signs of something drier developing later in the period. During the first week, rainfall is expected to be above average across much of the UK
