UK could see 10 days without rain after 'wettest week in two years' — SkimNews
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- Environment Agency said rainfall from Storms Austen and Bóelo, plus another area of low pressure on Monday, produced England's wettest week in two years.
- UK high pressure is forecast to deliver as many as 10 consecutive days without rain, with light winds and largely dry, calm conditions extending into early November.
- Dense morning fog is expected to persist, with slow-clearing patches reducing visibility and potentially disrupting travel; brighter spells follow once the fog lifts.
- Halloween Saturday evening is forecast to be largely dry for most of the UK, though a few spells of rain are possible in the Western Isles of Scotland, and temperatures gradually edge lower overnight and in early mornings.
- Mid-November is flagged as the point when high pressure could loosen its hold, letting Atlantic low-pressure systems approach with wetter, windier weather and average or above-average rainfall in most areas.
- El Niño in the Pacific Ocean continues to intensify and has been linked to wetter and stormier UK weather through late autumn and early winter.
Why it matters: England has just come through its wettest week in two years, and the switch to high pressure hands the UK 10 dry days — but dense morning fog reduces visibility and can disrupt travel, with temperatures sliding lower overnight. The respite ends near mid-November, when Atlantic lows return with average or above-average rainfall.
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