Thursday 29th January 2026

Ahhh the last forecast of the longest ever month, January – and it’s a mixture of cloud, a bit of sunshine, some rain – all a bit “whatever”.

Thanks to Isabel for the photograph – don’t expect this much sunshine any time soon though!

The pattern is much the same as it has been, low pressure systems getting blocked over the UK by the cold block of high pressure towards Russia/Siberia – with the jetstream going through the Mediterranean, along with the bulk of the rain.

Thursday starts on the chilly side, with mist/fog patches in places, some low cloud around – but also some bright spells too. Generally it will become mostly cloudy, some occasional bright spells, a light shower possible too. Around 7’C which is more or less average for the time of year. Showery rain arriving early to mid evening, and continuing on and off until around dawn, give or take. Around 6’C.

Any patchy rain will clear fairly quickly on Friday morning, some hazy sunshine for a time once the overnight weather front clears during the morning, though a shower will remain possible. A further band of rain arrives mid-afternoon (ish) with another 2-3 hours of rain, perhaps heavy. Milder, around 10’C and breezy. Further showery rain possible in the evening, though trending drier as the night goes on – some clear spells possible by dawn. Around 5’C.

For Saturday we have this decaying low pressure over us – blocked by the high pressure block to the east, which will be nudging closer by this point, thought the deep cold not really getting further west of Poland. Generally a lot of cloud for us, some sunny spells possible, some showery bits of rain probable – details sketchy, though showery rain more likely later in the day. Around 9’C. Generally cloudy with some showery rain overnight – though perhaps drier and foggy towards dawn. Down to around 3’C.

Again details a bit sketchy for Sunday, but still likely a lot of cloud around, some bright/sunny spells possible, some showers possible – though showers more hit and miss. Around 8’C.

By Monday the next low pressure system will be trying to push in, though will get squeezed further south.

Again details are uncertain but probably rain pushing north is the theme, more likely later in the day. A small chance it doesn’t actually get this far north in the first place, but 90% likely it does. Around 8’C and becoming quite windy.

Probably still some showery rain around on Tuesday – though very uncertain.

I think the trend will be for low pressure systems to not extend so far north next week (at the moment we have these huge complex multi-low systems, stretching from Spain to Iceland), so more focused down towards Spain/Portugal – so generally less rain, often cloudy, temperatures around average or a little above. Probably.

Perhaps something colder from the east for next weekend, or the week after – unless the jetstream fires up notably again, like it did this week – assumedly thanks to the plunge of deep cold into North America.