Liverpool (Merseyside) weather

Headline:

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle.

Today:

Largely cloudy with rain at times across Cumbria, this turning increasingly persistent and heavier later and edging further south by the evening. Occasional brighter intervals across Merseyside and Cheshire. Breezy. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Tonight:

A damp end to the day with rain and drizzle sinking southwards. Becoming drier overnight with clear spells and lighter winds. Turning chilly. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Wednesday:

A fresh and bright start to Wednesday. Cloud bubbling up through the afternoon but still with sunnier spells and staying dry. Winds lighter than Tuesday. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Higher pressure building in to end the week, albeit staying rather cloudy. Some drizzle also likely at times, mainly over the hills otherwise light winds with temperatures around average.

High pressure is expected to dominate for most if not all of the rest of the period, bringing plenty of dry, settled weather. Cloud amounts will be variable, and some overnight fog is likely, this slowly clearing through the morning. Frontal systems rounding the high may push some cloud and rain into the extreme north of the country at times along with some stronger winds, Orkney and Shetland most likely to see this, but here too the emphasis is on a good deal of dry and settled weather. Temperatures will be near average overall, but with some chilly nights possible, perhaps with isolated frost. Equally in any cloud breaks and light winds it will feel pleasantly warm by day.

The final third of October will likely see a transition to more unsettled conditions across the UK, with high pressure relinquishing its grip, though the timing and manner of this is uncertain. 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 most if not all places seeing spells of rain or showers and possibly strong winds later in the month, these conditions continuing into the start of November. Temperatures will probably be close to average overall.