Leading weather provider, The Weather Network, correctly forecasted a cooler and wetter summer than normal, so what does it think autumn’s weather has in store? The UK’s local weather provider has been analysing data for the last few weeks and today publishes its UK Autumn Weather Forecast for the next three months.
You’ll have to make the most of some fine weather while it lasts as Britain’s typically changeable weather patterns are predicted to dominate October and November. These months are expected to turn increasingly unsettled with above average rainfall and below average temperatures throughout most of the country.
This is thanks to a strengthening jet stream, which often happens going into October, bringing the UK its typical wet and windy autumnal weather. However, the pattern of sea surface temperatures out in the North Atlantic at the moment favours a particularly strong jet stream to develop through the season. As such, frequent spells of wet and windy weather are likely to affect the UK through these months as deep areas of low pressure are steered towards the country by the jet stream.
Western areas could therefore see the wettest weather during the autumn, with rainfall likely to be above average. The rest of the UK could also see rainfall above average too, although eastern areas are more likely to be closer to the norm.
Temperatures will generally be around or slightly below average through autumn as a whole, again thanks to the cooler than normal sea temperatures out in the Atlantic. Western Scotland and Northern Ireland are likely to see the coolest weather compared to average.
The Weather Network commented: “We often get a late taste of summer in early season with some fine and warm spells at times and this year is no different with September shaping up to be drier than average. Unfortunately this won’t last as wet and cool conditions will dominate throughout October and November, particularly in western areas of the UK, due to the strengthening jet stream.”
Since 2000, the UK has seen temperatures during autumn on the whole, above the long-term average.
Brits can make the most of the settled weather in-between showers and avoid getting caught out in the rain by using The Weather Network’s Rain Start/Stop feature that provides users with an exact time when precipitation will start and stop over a three-hour period.
