Issued: 0900 Tuesday 4th September 2018
Duty forecaster: Dr. Simon Keeling

Mixed weather and a cold weekend but turning milder next week

A mixed week ahead with low pressure in control to close this week and for the first part of the weekend. This brings cloud, rain and strong winds as well as much cooler temperatures. Turning milder early next week as the winds turn southwesterly. Rain eases as pressure builds.

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Friday 7/9/18
Low pressure off eastern Scotland on Friday. A windy and cloudy day bringing rain across much of Scotland and northeast England, this rain spreading westwards with the rain heavy at times. England and Wales as well as Ireland will be cool and bright with sunny spells. Scattered showers on western coasts and hills but drier elsewhere. A breezy day for all but the far south of Ireland and southwest England. Highs at 12 to 14C for many but 18C in southeast England.

Saturday 8/9/18
Low pressure stays to the east of Scotland on Saturday. Cloud and rain in much of Scotland and northern England and feeling cold. Further areas of rain in southern Ireland and perhaps southern England as well as the far south of Wales. In between these areas it will be brighter with some sunny spells. Temperaures at 21C in eastern England, 14 to 16C for many others.

Sunday 9/9/18
A ridge of high pressure builds over Ireland and western parts of the UK through Sunday. A front clearing from southeast England taking cloud and rain with it. Drier weather then follows from the west as the high pressure builds allowing for sunny spells to form. Cloud and drizzle could affect western Ireland and western Scotland later in the day. Highs at 22C in southeast England, 15C in western Scotland.

Monday 10/9/18
A southwesterly flow through the UK and Ireland on Monday. Ridge of high pressure to the south with low pressure to the northwest. A front extends across Scotland and Ireland bringing rain here, some of it heavy. Low cloud and drizzle on western coasts of Wales and southwest England. Drier east and south with sunny spells developing. A fresh to strong southwest wind and tops of 16C in northwest Scotland, 24C in southeast England.

Tuesday 11/9/18
A front lying southwest to northeast through Ireland, Wales, the Midlands and northern England giving cloud and some outbreaks of rain, most of the rain over western coasts and hills. Brighter and fresher north of the front with some showers on western coasts. Drier and warmer in the south with some mist and fog on southern coasts. Highs at 24C in southern England, 14C in northwest Scotland.

Wednesday 12/9/18
Higher pressure tending to build again on Wednesday. The risk of some showers in western and northern Scotland as well as western Ireland. Drier for other areas with sunny spells, the best of the sunshine in eastern parts. Temperatures rising to between 15 and 22C.