UK weather: Wind and rain to sweep Britain as previously forecast sunny spell fails to materialise
'It did look as though we were going to see some high pressure building in the UK over September. That high pressure system has moved'
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Your support makes all the difference.Britons should keep their brollies to hand as wind and rain are set to sweep the UK in the coming week.
An expected area of high pressure has failed to materialise, the Met Office said, meaning temperatures will dip and showers will move in – some with the potential to turn thundery.
On Tuesday, forecasters said, Northern Ireland and Scotland will bask in the sun while in Wales and much of England, the skies will be cloudier and drizzle may make itself felt. Weather will be unsettled across central and southeastern parts for much of the day, with a band of thick cloud and patchy drizzle, which will ease later on.
It is expected to be dry elsewhere but partly cloudy with a few sunny spells in places, especially later on in the west. There will be gentle northerly winds.
Wednesday will be “mainly dry and bright”, the Met Office said in its UK-wide forecast, before things become wetter and more blustery as the weekend approaches.
Rain and showers will spread into Scotland and Northern Ireland on Wednesday, while the weather remains mostly dry and bright elsewhere except for some isolated showers, especially for coastal areas of England.
Into Thursday rain and showers will be widespread across the country and heavy in places, with limited sunshine.
“There’s heavy showers moving south-east across the country and some fairly widespread showers on Friday,” said Met Office spokeswoman Nicola Maxey.
“It did look as though we were going to see some high pressure building in the UK over September. That high pressure system has moved. We’re going to see some wet and windy weather as we go through the weekend."
Rain on Thursday had the potential to turn thundery, while a possible weather warning was being considered for Aberdeenshire on Friday.
Temperatures are expected to hover in the high teens to low 20s in southern England, and in the mid-to-high teens further north. “Changeable” is the word of the week, Ms Maxey said. “Certainly, be aware that there’s a chance that you may well see showers. Some of those showers could be heavy.”
But hope remains for a sunnier end to the month, she added, though the sweltering sunshine of June and July is now well and truly behind us.
She told The Independent: “There’s a chance that we may see high pressure building, but it’s more likely to bring settled weather to the southern half of the UK, rather than the country as a whole.
“Unsettled weather [is likely] for the northern half of the UK as we go through the rest of September. Even for the southern half of the UK, if this high pressure builds, there will be a chance that we’re going to see some unsettled weather interspersed with the settled period.
“It’s a different kettle of fish than a high pressure system in summer.”
Additional reporting by PA
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