Braintree (Essex) weather

Headline:

Mostly dry with sunny spells.

Today:

Generally dry with sunny intervals, but there is a risk of isolated showers first thing, these dying out during the morning. Winds falling light, and feeling warm in the sunshine. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Tonight:

A dry evening with sunny spells, then clear spells overnight. Cloud perhaps thickening a little in the north by dawn. Becoming breezy later. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

Saturday:

Dry with sunny spells at first, but sunshine increasingly hazy as cloud thickens. Becoming wet and breezy during the afternoon and potentially also the evening. Rain could be occasionally heavy. Maximum temperature 25 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Rather unsettled during this period, with a mixture of rain or showers and drier intervals with sunny spells. Occasionally breezy. Warm temperatures at first, trending near normal on Tuesday.

Remaining changeable, with occasional rain or showers arriving from the North Atlantic, most frequent across northern and western parts of the UK, where some strong winds will also be possible at times. However, there will also be some reasonable dry and more settled periods, especially across southern areas. Later in the month, high pressure may become more dominant in the vicinity of the UK, perhaps bringing more widely settled conditions for a time, especially away from the far north. Temperatures for the period as a whole will probably be close to average overall, but there is scope for some rather warm days at times, along with occasional relatively cool nights.

High pressure initially close to the UK, with a continuation of more settled conditions at times, may start to weaken its influence on the weather later in the month and into early October. As a result, it may become more changeable with a greater chance of rain or showers in places, and perhaps some strong winds at times too. Temperatures will likely be a little above average overall, with relatively cool nights possible at first tending to reduce in frequency later in the period.