South West England

Headline:

Rain, heavy at times, moving southeast overnight. Turning cooler.

This Evening and Tonight:

A band of cloud and rain, locally heavy, will move southeast across the region this evening and overnight, gradually clearing during the early hours. Becoming drier with clearer spells following on behind. Feeling noticeably cooler with lighter winds. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Friday:

A chilly start to Friday, leading to a drier and brighter day with plenty of sunny spells, although with a risk of showers. Feeling noticeably cooler in the northwesterly breeze. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Mostly dry with sunny spells through the weekend. Chilly nights bring a risk of frost and patchy fog. A few showers possible into Monday.

There are growing signs that high pressure, which is likely to still extend across the country at the start of this period, will reduce in its influence through next week. This will allow a more unsettled regime to develop as spells of wet and windy weather arrive from the Atlantic followed by drier though still showery interludes. While there is still a chance that high pressure will build near the UK again during late October, it is more likely that a changeable regime will continue once established. This would see temperature varying around average with some milder spells, especially in the south.

Weather patterns dominanted by westerly or southwesterly winds from the Atlantic are most likely during November. This resulting in occasional spells of wet and windy weather followed by drier but still showery interludes. High pressure may attempt to build across the country at times but any settled spells are most likely to be short-lived. Temperatures are likely to be near or above average overall.