Swanage - Climate Station (Dorset) weather

Headline:

Bright and breezy today and feeling much cooler. Scattered showers.

Today:

Rather windy with sunny spells and scattered showers, these heaviest and most numerous in the west with hail possible, especially along coastal stretches. Feeling unseasonably cool with temperatures below average for the time of year. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Tonight:

Some evening sunshine then clear periods continuing overnight. Staying dry for many but occasional showers across Devon and Cornwall and the odd one elsewhere. Winds easing and turning chilly inland. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Thursday:

Another day of sunny intervals and showers, these heavy in places, but becoming more isolated later. Not as windy as on Wednesday but still breezy and feeling cool. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

A cold and locally frosty start on Friday, then dry with sunny spells. Bright and breezy on Saturday then probably cloudier on Sunday with a few showers. Turning somewhat warmer.

The chance of some cloud and patchy rain or showers at first, more especially in central and/or northwestern areas, but by the middle of next week onwards high pressure is likely to become increasingly influential over the UK. This will likely lead to largely fine conditions for many areas, with the greatest chance of cloud and rain being across the far west and more especially northwest, and perhaps a few showers occasionally in the far southeast. Temperatures during this period are likely to be on the warmer side of average overall, but with settled conditions warm days could be offset by some chilly nights. Towards the end of this period there is a signal that the more settled conditions may cease.

The transition to more unsettled / changeable conditions (as per typical Autumn climatology) is likely to continue into this period. There are weak signals that the track of Atlantic low pressure systems may sit further south than is typical in the early Autumn, and lead to an increased chance of some impacts from rain and wind across the UK. Temperatures are signalled to remain either close to or slightly above average.