River Cottage Hq (Devon) weather

Headline:

Dry this evening with some rain arriving next week.

This Evening and Tonight:

Plenty of late evening sunshine, followed by a clear night with light winds. Temperatures a touch lower than of late, so may make for more comfortable sleeping conditions. Some patchy cloud potentially developing by dawn. Minimum temperature 12 °C.

Sunday:

Any morning cloud quickly clearing to leave a dry and sunny day across the region. The sunshine may turn hazy at times. Feeling pleasant, with a light northerly breeze. Maximum temperature 24 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Cloudy Monday with brighter breaks possible. Tuesday will bring cloud and outbreaks of rain. This clearing to sunny spells Wednesday, with the chance of a few showers. Temperatures nearer average.

The first few days of this period are likely to be rather changeable, with many parts of the UK seeing showers or perhaps some longer spells of rain. Thereafter, high pressure becomes increasingly probable over the north and west, with low pressure to the south of the UK. This will lead to further spells of showers and longer spells of rain, but the north may see more in the way of drier conditions. Within this broad pattern, there is potential for Atlantic lows to spread across the UK at times, which would bring more widespread rain and perhaps strong winds. Temperatures are more likely to be above normal than below overall, though the possibility of widespread or exceptional heat is perhaps a little lower than in recent weeks.

As we move into the start of meteorological autumn, signals for the prevailing weather patterns affecting the UK are weak, thus something close to the climatological norm is most likely. This means a broad northwest-southeast split in conditions, with the high becoming centred further to the south than in the latter part of August and with more changeable conditions developing towards the north and northwest. Meanwhile, drier, more settled weather is slightly more likely towards the south and east. Temperatures are again likely to be near to or above average overall. There is a chance that late season hot spells or heatwaves develop, especially in the south.