Northampton (Northamptonshire) weather

Headline:

Largely fine with occasional light showers.

Today:

Dry with warm sunny spells for most, although isolated light showers may develop during the middle of the day. Winds picking up in the afternoon, before easing by the evening. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Tonight:

A mainly dry night with the chance of some patchy light rain in the north of the region by the morning. Breezy at times especially along the coast. Minimum temperature 11 °C.

Friday:

A cloudy and mainly dry day with some sunny intervals in the east, turning cloudy overnight as a band of rain moves east through the region. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Cloudy periods with isolated showers on Saturday, lighter winds. Often cloudy Sunday but dry. Cloudy with isolated showers on Monday. Temperatures near or slightly above average.

The southern UK will likely be under the influence of high pressure for the first few days of this period. This means plenty of dry weather to be had here, albeit with some chilly nights and overnight and morning fog in places. In the north, a rather more changeable pattern will continue, with occasional rain and windy conditions at times. Broadly changeable weather patterns look to continue through mid-month, with ridges of high pressure extending from the southwest, interspersed by Atlantic frontal systems. These could be associated with quite deep and fast-moving depressions, bringing the potential for windy weather more widely, again most likely in the north. Temperatures probably near or slightly above normal overall, with day to day variations.

The second half of October will probably maintain a changeable pattern overall with showers or longer spells of rain often moving in from the Atlantic. This means the wettest and at times windiest weather is more likely in the west and northwest, and relatively drier conditions more likely towards the south and east. With a westerly type considered most likely, this would support temperatures remaining close to or a little above average overall. However, there is a chance that more slowly evolving weather patterns develop, which could either lead to longer drier spells more widely or rainfall accumulating in climatologically drier areas.