Great Bentley (Essex) weather

Headline:

Mostly cloudy, perhaps brighter later.

Today:

Largely cloudy, with a chance of outbreaks of light rain or drizzle in the north through the morning. Cloud gradually lifting and breaking, with a chance of brighter intervals though the afternoon. Winds will remain light. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Tonight:

Mostly cloudy this evening with a few clear spells in the east. Cloud gradually thickening overnight, any clear spells becoming limited, with showers developing in the east. Light winds. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Saturday:

A mostly cloudy start, with showers in the east. Becoming brighter with sunny intervals in the middle of the day, before cloud increases from the west again later. Becoming breezy. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Windy Sunday, with rain moving slowly eastward, occasionally heavy. Bright to start Monday before becoming cloudy with rain and heavy showers. Sunny intervals Tuesday with occasional showers. Temperatures around average.

The unsettled weather looks to continue, with areas of low pressure running in from the west or southwest. This means further spells of rain or showers, possibly accompanied by strong winds at times, with one particular watch point for this in the first couple of days of this period. That said, some drier interludes are still probable, though the duration of these much shorter than the predominantly dry spell at present. Temperatures probably near normal overall, but day-to-day values high dependent on the track of any lows. Later in the period, there may be a transition to a slightly cooler and more showery northwesterly regime, as high pressure builds over the Atlantic and low pressure becomes centred to the east of the UK.

A showery northwesterly regime should give way to a generally changeable and at times unsettled period as we move into early November, as low pressure systems over the Atlantic track towards the UK. Given this setup, the wettest conditions are most likely in the west, and strong winds could feature at times too. There are just hints that a drier interlude may unfurl across more southern areas towards mid-month, which could increase the incidence of overnight fog.