Storm Brian will be moving across the country during the next 24 hours or so but he will be slowly filling as he does so meaning that although gales or severe gales are likely towards the south and southwest of the country today, these winds will slowly ease a touch as we go through the rest of the weekend. Brian will also bring plenty of showers or longer spells of rain with him so all in all it will be a very typical end of October weekend.
The weekend starts off with the last of the overnight cloud and rain pushing eastwards across north-eastern parts of Britain meaning that for many other areas it is a bright and windy start to the weekend. However those winds are strengthening across the south and southwest and these winds will bring plenty of heavy and squally showers with them as we go through today. The showers will mainly be in the west this morning but they will become more widespread by this afternoon, merging into longer spells of rain at times too, but there will still be some drier and brighter intervals in-between and for parts of Scotland it will actually turn into a half decent day with plenty of dry weather around and winds becoming lighter. Meanwhile those winds will become quite a feature towards the south of the UK with west/south-westerly gales developing, becoming severe in exposed spots with gusts of up to 70 MPH, but even for more sheltered inland regions in the south winds could gust up to 50 MPH at times which may bring some problems, particularly with many trees still in leaf. It will feel rather cool in the wind and with the showers, but temperatures for many areas will be around normal for the time of year.
Although the strongest winds will ease a touch as we go into tonight, it will remain windy in many areas with further showers or spells of rain in most regions but all this weather activity will help to hold temperatures up. Looking ahead to tomorrow and once again for many areas it will be a day of sunny spells and scattered showers although drier conditions will move into western regions as we go through the day.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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