Rain and drizzle mostly west

The week ahead sees mild southwesterly airflows dominate across the British Isles. Frontal systems will bring rain at times, but high pressure will build from the south to give some drier days. Feeling very warm on some days.

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Sunday 1/10/23
Mild southwesterlies, quite humid. A zone of cloud, rain and drizzle affects Wales and may extend over the Midlands for a time. Cloudy with drizzly rain for the hills of western Scotland and northwest England. Drier and brighter for northeast England and eastern Scotland. A few light showers for Ireland. Breezy in the north and west, lighter winds to the south. Highs 14C northwest, up to 22C southeast England.

Monday 2/10/23
Uncertainty as a frontal zone moves over Wales and central England bringing a risk of rain, perhaps thundery. Risk heavy showers in the southwest, drier southeast. Showery in western Scotland and Ireland. Drier for eastern Scotland. Fairly light winds from the southwest, breezier in northwest. Possibly very warm in the southeast in any sun, but cloudy for many. Highs 15 to 20C, may reach 24C southeast.

Tuesday 3/10/23
Bright and breezy with fresher westerly winds for all as a cold front moves away eastwards. A mostly dry and fine day with developing sunny spells, though there will be showers on to some western coasts and hills. Longer spells of rain moving across Scotland through the day. Highs at a cooler 12 to 19C.

Wednesday 4/10/23
High pressure builds from the south, giving a dry day for many places. Variable cloud and sunshine, best in the east. Patchy drizzly showers in the west, mostly just northwest Scotland by afternoon. Light to moderate westerlies, then southwesterly winds likely to freshen in western regions later. Highs 13 to 18C.

Thursday 5/10/23
Southwesterly winds bring a risk of drizzle and low cloud to western coasts and hills of Britain, also Ireland, heaviest rain for northwestern Scotland. Dry and bright for most of England and Wales, feeling pleasantly warm, quite humid. Highs 15 to 20C.

Friday 6/10/23
Warm southerly winds are expected. Low pressure over the Atlantic may bring rain to the far west of Scotland and Ireland, but most of Britain looks dry. Some varied high cloud but a good deal of sun. Breezy, or windy in the west. Highs 16 to 23C.