Met Office update yesterday for the remainder of Autumn...

Temperature

Latest forecast signals are similar to last month's, and indicate that temperatures across much of western Europe will probably be above average rather than below average. For the UK temperatures are more likely to be either near, or above average.

Rainfall

For much of north-western Europe probabilities favour near-average rainfall totals. For the UK, rainfall totals are more likely to be either near, or below average - with the highest chance of prolonged drier spells during the first half of the period.

Met Office: Autumn 2008 forecast

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