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This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the weekend 03/09/2026. A calm and cooler day on Saturday with lots of sunshine for the UK. Low pressure moves in from the west to bring strengthening winds and heavy rain to northwestern areas in particular. Further south and east it will be a windy but warm and dry day. Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Annie Shuttleworth.

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00:00Temperatures rise to the high 20s for one day only on Sunday. It's also looking quite windy across northern areas
00:07in particular.
00:08Saturday though brings plenty of dry and fine weather. We've had quite an active jet stream so far this week.
00:14Now we'll buckle to the north to allow this high pressure to move in through Saturday.
00:18But then it drives this next area of low pressure up to the north and west for Sunday.
00:23So it's going to be a big difference northwest to southeast through Sunday.
00:26Wet and windy across northwestern areas. Drier and quite warm. In fact hot across more southern and eastern areas.
00:35But for Saturday a widely fine day is on the cards. It's likely to be quite a fresh start.
00:40Temperatures will be lower than they have been to start the day.
00:43Plenty of sunshine as well through the day. A little bit more cloud developing across western areas by the end
00:48of the day.
00:49That's as we start to see the first signs of this area of low pressure out across parts of northern
00:54Ireland and western areas of the UK.
00:56But for many of us it's going to be a fine and relatively calm day. Plenty of sunshine.
01:01After the fresher start temperatures have got quite a long way to go through the day.
01:04So the highest temperatures are expected across the south. 23 to 24 degrees in the mid to higher teens as
01:11we head further north.
01:12So a bit cooler than it has been for the past few days. Temperatures quite close to average for Saturday.
01:18That is set to change into Sunday. Temperatures are going to rise across much of England and Wales.
01:24But just for one day it does look a little bit cooler into next week.
01:27That's because we drive up these southerly winds from the near continent.
01:30It's warming up across parts of northwest Europe as well through this weekend.
01:35But up to the north and west this deep area of low pressure will push up to the north and
01:40west.
01:40Driving in weather fronts that will bring some rain.
01:42But also strengthening the winds across some areas of northwest Scotland.
01:47So the heaviest rain is expected to be through the early hours of Sunday across the north and west.
01:53Bands of heavy and showery rain will push in.
01:57Now ahead of that it's actually looking pretty dry across the bulk of the country.
02:00You can see a little bit of rain here on the graphics.
02:03I think very little of that rain is expected to reach the ground.
02:06But it might just introduce a little bit more cloud across some areas of the south coast.
02:11And then later on into the evening they should drift further north and eastwards into parts of the Midlands and
02:18south and eastern England.
02:21But a cloudy and breezy afternoon across the north and west.
02:24Around this area of low pressure we could see gale force winds.
02:27Winds in excess of 50 miles per hour for a time across northwestern areas.
02:32So we could see some impacts from that wind.
02:35It's worth keeping an eye on the forecast.
02:36And taking note that it's going to be a windy day across the northwest on Sunday.
02:41Also quite a wet one.
02:42As I said the most rainfall or the highest rainfall totals are expected across the northwest.
02:47As you can see here throughout Saturday night into Sunday.
02:50Northern Ireland, parts of the Highlands in particular.
02:52Some southwestern areas of Scotland as well as parts of Cumbria for example.
02:57The Lake District could see some quite heavy rain throughout Sunday.
03:00Up to around 50 to 60 millimetres is the highest total.
03:04So there's a little bit of uncertainty in exactly how much rainfall.
03:07We're not expecting too much in the way of impacts from this rain.
03:10But it's certainly going to be a much wetter day across the northwest compared to the southeast.
03:14You can see here there is potential for a little bit of rain across more southern areas of the UK.
03:20This rainfall could be anywhere across the south coast.
03:23Just we've got the potential to see some of that cloud develop.
03:25But I think there's a very slim chance of any of this rain really reaching the ground.
03:30But it will introduce a little bit more cloud.
03:32Which means temperatures are expected to climb to the high 20s.
03:36There's a possibility we could get to 30 degrees.
03:39But I think it's a pretty low chance considering we could see a little bit of cloud.
03:42But we will be keeping you updated on that.
03:44Because that is quite a notable statistic if we do get 30 degrees in September.
03:48It would be the fifth consecutive month this year.
03:51Which has not happened all that often.
03:54But the highest we are expecting is 28 or 29 across some central and eastern areas of England.
04:01Widely though it's going to be a hot day.
04:04Temperatures in the mid-20s across England and Wales.
04:07Much cooler though across the north and west.
04:09A warmer day than Saturday but certainly a much windier one as I mentioned.
04:14So a real mixed picture north west to south east.
04:17If you're looking for dry weather well your best bet is on Saturday for the weekend.
04:21With that high pressure dominating next week we continue to see this unsettled picture.
04:26The jet stream returns driving some quite deep areas of low pressure potentially throughout Tuesday.
04:31Though there is a little bit of lower confidence on exactly where this area of low pressure will be on
04:36Tuesday.
04:36So if you're interested in that keep updated throughout the weekend.
04:40We will be here keeping you up to date.
04:42And the best way to do that is to subscribe to our YouTube channel if you're not already.
04:46Bye bye.
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