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Warnings
Saturday 20 October Published at 15:09
UK Warnings
Weather Warning
Saturday 20th October
There are no weather warnings in force anywhere in the United Kingdom.
Flood Warning
Saturday 20th October
There are currently no flood warnings in force anywhere in the United Kingdom.
Further updates will appear here.
About the Met Office Weather Warnings
BBC Weather carries two types of weather warnings issued by the Met Office: Warnings and Early Warnings.
Warnings will be issued when severe weather is expected within the next 24 hours.
Early Warnings will be issued more than 24 hours ahead of severe weather.
There are three categories of event Red, Amber and Yellow - the most severe is Red.
A Warning and an Early Warning of the same colour have the same severity but are forecast to arrive at different times. Thus, the difference between a Red Warning and a Red Early Warning is the lead time of the event.
When a warning is in force, full information can be found at Met Office Weather Warnings
About the Environment Agency Flood Warnings
The flood warnings are issued by the Environment Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and sent to the BBC Weather Centre, we then issue a compendium of warnings based on the latest information available. When severe flood warnings are issued they will also be highlighted on TV broadcasts.
Find out more about Flood Warnings
There are a number of ways you find out whether your area is at risk from flooding. Both the Environment Agency (for England and Wales) and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency update their warnings 24 hours a day via the Floodline number.
Floodline - 0845 988 1188
Monthly Outlook
Monday 15 October Published at 10:00
Monthly Outlook
Summary
A few weeks dominated by low pressure and rain.
Mists and mellow fruitfulness go out the window this week as deep depressions swing across the UK bringing heavy rain and strong winds. With the ground already saturated in some areas, any more rain will bring the threat of flooding.
Monday 15 October—Sunday 21 October
Turning wetter, windier but less cold.
Sunday night looks like being the coldest of the week with a frost in many rural areas and patchy fog too. After very few showers on Monday, a band of rain will sweep across all but northern Scotland on Monday night. Heaviest rain is expected over Northern Ireland, northern England and southern Scotland. Gradually drying up on Tuesday and the strong winds will ease.
It is only a brief respite though. From Tuesday night a succession of depressions are forecast to swing up from the southwest. Winds will be strong to gale force and temperatures should be higher. Rain is the biggest concern, heavy at times, there may be flooding for areas such as southwest England and Wales again. In a highly developmental set up like this it is difficult to accurately predict the timing of the rain bands.
The weekend sees low pressure to the north feeding in showers; together with the strong winds it may feel cooler.
Monday 22 October—Sunday 28 October
High confidence for unsettled weather.
Low pressure systems tracking over the UK will maintain the unsettled theme. It's western areas that are likely to see the heaviest rain, with an attendant flood risk. On the whole there should be limited frost. There is a signal for higher pressure near the southeast which would mean drier and sunnier spells here.
Sunday 28 October—Saturday 10 November
Less certain but no prolonged dry weather.
Rather mixed as we go into a new month. Wet and windy spells will be punctuated by periods of drier and more settled conditions. The best of the drier and brighter weather is expected over southern and eastern areas. Some overnight frosts are likely.
Next week
Any fireworks in the forecast?
Monthly forecasting
The weather beyond about a week ahead stretches even the most experienced weather forecaster. Complex numerical weather forecast models from the Met Office and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) are run many times for the month (and season) ahead to build up a picture of the likelihood of different weather types affecting the UK.Summary
Saturday 20 October Published at 04:32
Summary
Fog clearing, then largely dry and fine with some sunshine.
Today
Fog slow to clear in places this morning, but brightening up for most with some sunshine. Just the chance of a few isolated showers, largely in the west. Cloudier in southeast England, with outbreaks of rain later.
Tonight
Dry for most with some clear spells, and widespread mist and fog developing. Rain in southeast England at first, heavy at times. Patchy rain for northwest Scotland.
Sunday
Dry and fine for most, though fog slow to clear in places. Cloud and patchy rain slowly spreading from the southeast, reaching southwest England and the Midlands by evening.
Outlook for Monday to Wednesday
Cloud and rain spreading north, but northern Scotland remaining largely dry and clear. Elsewhere, generally rather grey with outbreaks of rain or drizzle at times, but some warmer, brighter spells.
