Two main things going on with the weather this weekend. Firstly we have increasingly warm air pushing northwards across the country thanks to high pressure over mainland Europe and low pressure out to the west helping to draw winds up from a long way south. Secondly we are closely watching developments with Hurricane Ophelia who will be heading our way, potentially affecting Britain and Ireland as a major extra-tropical feature late on Sunday and into Monday with southern and western parts of Ireland presently looking most at risk from seeing damaging winds.
For this morning and it is a very mild start to the weekend with temperatures across southern regions in the mid-high teens, already warmer than where they should be at this time of year. There is a lot of cloud around though and we have some rain and drizzle affecting parts of Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland and northern England. Meanwhile to the north it is a bright but cooler start across many parts of Scotland but this won't last as cloud thickens from the south with outbreaks of rain pushing north today, the most persistent of the rain coming across western Scotland later this afternoon. At the same time somewhat brighter conditions will develop across parts of England and Wales, and in the best of any sunshine towards the southeast it will become warm with top temperatures of 21°C or 22°C despite the breeze. Even in the north and west it will be mild with temperatures widely in the mid-high teens but with those winds becoming strong it won't feel that mild.
A wet and windy night follows across the north and west of Scotland along with western parts of Ireland where there will be some heavy and persistent spells of rain. Elsewhere and it will be very mild but rather cloudy with temperatures widely holding up in the low teens. It remains wet and windy towards the northwest tomorrow although the rain will tend to ease as we go through the day. For the rest of the country it will be another mild day with a lot of cloud and perhaps the odd shower but also some sunny spells and where these occur it will become warm once again but by then all eyes will be on developments towards the southwest.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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