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Weather (Mostly Rain)

Halloween Weekend Outlook: Calmer, Darker, Still Damp Enough for a Witch

Forecasters hint at quieter spell; costumes advised to include a proper coat.

A pumpkin, braced.

A pumpkin, braced. Photo: Rosser1954, “Halloween Pumpkin Lantern, Ayrshire, Scotland”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

PERTH — Midweek high pressure should bring a calmer run toward Hallowe’en, with misty mornings possible and less of the horizontal rain that defined the weekend.

“Dress as whatever you like,” said a fictional costume adviser. “But put a coat over it. Perth does not recognise ‘outfit over survival’.”

Trick-or-treaters: take care on wet leaves and unfinished roadworks. Drivers: take care on trick-or-treaters.

The real story: Calmer spell expected later in the week (BBC Weather)

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