Weather: Autumnal week with lower temperatures, occasional wind and rain

Today:

Heavy rain clearing to the east, longest lived for northern Scotland, with blustery conditions for a time. Cooler conditions elsewhere spreading across the UK with heavy blustery showers, mainly in the west.

Tonight:

Mostly dry across eastern areas with scattered showers in west and south, these heavy at times. Windy with some strong gusts near showers, particularly in the northwest.

Tuesday:

A mixture of sunshine and blustery showers - these heaviest and most frequent in the north and west. Showers merging into more prolonged heavy rain across central and southern areas.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Unsettled with rain or showers, some heavy with hail and thunder at times. Windy with gales in places. Temperatures around or slightly below average.