Paignton - Preston Sands (Beach) (Torbay) weather

Headline:

Relatively mild but staying unsettled and often wet and windy.

This Evening and Tonight:

Wet and windy in eastern counties at first this evening, but rain soon clearing to leave a drier spell of weather overnight with a few showers. Turning chilly in places but staying mainly frost-free. Wind and rain returning by dawn. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Wednesday:

Another unsettled and windy day with rain at times, the rain sometimes heavy, though perhaps turning more showery later. Coastal gales possible. Relatively mild but feeling unpleasant in the wind. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Staying unsettled and windy at times with showers or longer periods of rain. Some sunny spells are likely with temperatures close to average.

Weather systems moving in from the Atlantic will continue to attempt to push in from the west, but tending to stall in the vicinity of the UK as they encounter high pressure to the north and northeast. As a result, further spells of rain or showers are likely at times. These may be heavy and persistent, especially in the south and west, with the best of any drier interludes in the far north and northeast. Whilst mild conditions are expected to encroach into the south and southwest at times, it is likely to turn somewhat colder through this period, bringing the risk of some snow showers, most likely across hills in Scotland and northern England.

A similar theme is expected to continue as Atlantic frontal systems attempt to push eastwards at times. As the jet stream is slightly further south than normal, the wettest conditions are more likely in central and southern areas. North and northwestern parts of the UK are most likely to be drier than normal. Whilst mild incursions of wet and windy weather are favoured at times in the south and west, colder conditions in the north and northeast will bring associated wintry hazards where any precipitation attempts to spread in, especially on hills.