There has been a distinctly unsettled "autumnal" theme to this week.
That theme is set to remain for coming days, with blustery showers and sunny spells on the forecast. The Met Office reports the unsettled conditions are due to two successive tropical cyclones.
There will be heavy downpours this morning, on Friday, September 9, with a risk of some thundery showers. Showers becoming less frequent later, but continuing to feel humid.
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On Saturday it will be generally drier than recent days but there will still be some rain. Fine and dry on Sunday though cloud and rain, sometimes heavy, will arrive from the northwest through Monday. Remaining cloudy Tuesday with outbreaks of rain moving slowly eastwards.
There are two systems currently in the North Atlantic which have the potential to affect the UK’s weather. Hurricane Danielle is expected to weaken and veer towards mainland Portugal. The second system, hurricane Earl, is expected to remain across the western Atlantic during the next four days but will impact the downstream weather pattern influencing the UK.
Jason Kelly is a Met Office deputy chief forecaster. He said: “Hurricane Danielle is decaying at present and its influence will weaken. Meanwhile, Hurricane Earl is expected to become a major hurricane over the next few days. Whilst it is very unlikely to get directly involved in the UK weather, variations in the potential direction of travel will have a profound effect on the forecast. Heavy rain is expected to arrive in the west from Sunday, but quite how quickly that arrives will be dictated by the movements of Hurricane Earl over the coming days.”
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