Portland Harbour - Castle Cove (Beach) (Dorset) weather

Headline:

Often cloudy with a few showers. Winds easing.

Today:

A cloudy day for most with the chance of showers in the south. Brief sunny intervals may occur in places. Still breezy, especially on east facing English Channel coasts. Chilly. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Tonight:

Remaining cloudy overnight with further showers clipping the far south coasts, these gradually clearing for most by day. Winds lighter than recent days. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Thursday:

Often cloudy with a few occasional sunnier breaks developing at times. Showers in the south gradually clearing through the afternoon. Light winds. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Often cloudy through this period with occasional brighter spells and some patchy rain at times. Feeling chilly to start with light winds but turning breezier and milder on Sunday.

Monday looks like a mainly dry if largely cloudy day. However, the far north will see some rain, especially northwest Scotland, with some light rain and drizzle likely for west-facing hills elsewhere. All parts will be mild. Around the middle of next week, low pressure may dominate, with a spell of mild, wet and windy weather for most places. Thereafter, while high pressure may try and build at times, especially in the south late in the period, the more likely scenario is for an unsettled regime to dominate. Spells of wind and rain, perhaps with some hill snow in the north, are likely, followed by blustery showers, these most frequent and perhaps wintry at times in the northwest. Temperatures will vary around average, with oscillations between colder and milder interludes.

Mainly unsettled conditions appear likely for most, with spells of wind and rain followed by showers affecting most areas but especially towards the northwest of the UK. Some sleet and snow is also likely at times, especially on high ground in the north. However, there are also some signs that more settled conditions are possible at times, these perhaps most likely across the south late in December or into early January. Temperatures are likely to be around or slightly above average overall, but with any more settled interludes bringing a risk of frost and fog.