(Updated by 1st of each month)

Issued: Saturday 4th September 2010

*October*
High pressure looks as if it’ll be in control of the pattern through the opening on the month, straddling across central areas of the UK building into quite a large feature settling over or just to the east, bringing a spell of quiet, autumnal weather. Northern Britain may be generally cloudy with a south-westerly breeze feeding in some patchy rain at times.
The pattern through the middle of the month sees a mainly westerly flow establishing although it looks mainly weak, some disturbances across the northern half of the UK, but the emphasis generally dry across southern Britain. A slippage to rather more unsettled weather is expected later as low pressure takes control in the Atlantic and pushes wet and at times windy weather through all areas.
After a noticeably more disturbed and unsettled period during the latter stages of the middle of the month, high pressure then looks as if it’ll be building back quite strongly. A settled and quiet end to the month is likely with the associated problems with mist and fog inland, pleasant where this clears to sunny spells by day.

*November*
High pressure holds firm across southern Britain with continued autumnal conditions and early on northern areas will also be settled, however low pressure and unsettled weather will establish and spread southeast, wet and windy conditions becoming widespread.
The middle of November may see the first ‘blast’ of winter as the indications are that a cold northerly establish for a time, the threat of snow showers for northern high ground. Unsettled and very much on the cold side for much of the middle period, the conditions fluctuating with low pressure very much in control.
High pressure may remain very much to the west, a chilly to cold northerly to north-westerly dominating, systems affecting all areas, the northwest and north taking the brunt.