UK meteorology

Apologies for not posting. Air pistol target shooting, which I've been doing since spring, in addition to gardening during the summer has rather distracted me.
We're finally getting rain here at present; the first really singnificant amounts since June. Here are Malcolm's short-range thoughts from earlier this afternoon:
Rain here too, autum is here for the duration. P.
 
While there is still a large amount of uncertainty regarding its exact path, an ex-hurricane is likely to affect some parts of the British Isles at the end of the week. At present, it seems as though it will affect Northern Irenad and the north-west of the RoI, and then pass close to the west coast of Scotland, however, this is subject to change and I'd suggest checking forecasts over the net few days to ensure that you're familiar with the likely path and effects.
 
Any further details on this potential hurricane?
Well, for one thing it isn't a hurricane now. Once hurricanes move over colder seawater they weaken ad undergo extratropical transition, in other words they lose the hurricane characteristics and basically become a standard, though at times quite severe, European autumnal storm. Its path at the end of the week is still uncertain - it could slide up the western side of the British Isles bringing strong winds to N. Ireland and western Scotland, with rain and blustery winds elsewhere, or it could weaken further and cut across the country somewhere in the north or Midlands as a much less severe feature, bring blustery conditions and rain to all bar the northern half of Scotland. It seems likely that, after a generally settled day tomorrow and Thursday (in the east anyway), the ex-hurricane is likely to cause the ridge of high presure to recede southwards as the jet realigns, so the weekend and early next week might well be unsettled. It seems that late next week onwards should see the jet realign further north, so the typical autumnal north-west/south-east divide is likely, with the former seeing more of the unsettled conditions and the latter having more dry weather, albeit with fog likely.
 
Well, for one thing it isn't a hurricane now. Once hurricanes move over colder seawater they weaken ad undergo extratropical transition, in other words they lose the hurricane characteristics and basically become a standard, though at times quite severe, European autumnal storm. Its path at the end of the week is still uncertain - it could slide up the western side of the British Isles bringing strong winds to N. Ireland and western Scotland, with rain and blustery winds elsewhere, or it could weaken further and cut across the country somewhere in the north or Midlands as a much less severe feature, bring blustery conditions and rain to all bar the northern half of Scotland. It seems likely that, after a generally settled day tomorrow and Thursday (in the east anyway), the ex-hurricane is likely to cause the ridge of high presure to recede southwards as the jet realigns, so the weekend and early next week might well be unsettled. It seems that late next week onwards should see the jet realign further north, so the typical autumnal north-west/south-east divide is likely, with the former seeing more of the unsettled conditions and the latter having more dry weather, albeit with fog likely.
Thanks Chris. Can't get a much better answer than that!
 
Just a quick synopsis - the next couple of weeks appear to feature fairly average autumnal conditions - perhaps a burst of warmth (15-17C?) mid-month further south and east, and always wetter further north and west after a generally unsettled period tomorrow and Sunday.
 
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