Loughton (Essex) weather

Headline:

Clear and dry start, becoming increasingly cloudy with coastal showers.

Today:

Largely bright and sunny after a cool start, with showers continuing to affect eastern regions. Becoming overcast from late afternoon, ahead of rain arriving in the west by the early evening. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy with rain spreading eastwards through the region overnight with strengthening winds. The rain will clear from the west but linger along the east coast by the morning. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Friday:

Cloudy with rain and then sunny spells during the morning. Heavy showers likely during the afternoon will clear eastwards, leaving a dry and settled evening. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Windy Saturday, with sunny spells and showers. Dry, with a mix of cloudy periods and sunny spells on Sunday, wind easing. Cloudy with patchy rain on Monday, breezy at times.

Remaining changeable through the middle of October, as a series of low pressure systems run across the North Atlantic, often to the north and northwest of the UK, bringing occasional bands of rain and strong winds, but interspersed with brighter and more showery conditions. Rain will be most prevalent across hills in the west and especially northwest, where above average rainfall is likely through this period. Longer drier interludes are more favoured in sheltered southern and eastern parts, but even here it is likely to be wetter than during recent weeks. Whilst brief cooler interludes are possible, temperatures are likely to be a little above average in many areas for the period as a whole, potentially quite warm in parts of the southeast early in the period.

The remainder of October and into early November will probably maintain a changeable pattern overall, with areas of low pressure often passing close to the UK from the North Atlantic, interspersed by occasional ridges of high pressure. As such, showers or longer spells of rain are likely at times, with the wettest and windiest weather typically in the west and northwest, driest conditions more favoured in sheltered southern and eastern parts. A trend to more widely unsettled conditions is possible into November. Whilst some occasional colder interludes will be possible at times, temperatures are likely to be near or a little above average for the period as a whole.