Bala (Gwynedd) weather

Headline:

Feeling cold with low cloud bringing patchy rain and drizzle.

Today:

A cold morning with frost lingering in rural parts. Then widely cloudy with hill fog bringing patchy rain and drizzle across the higher ground. Some brighter breaks, mainly in the west, through the afternoon. Light winds for all. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

Staying rather cold and turning frosty in rural parts beneath clear skies. Overnight cloud thickens from the south, bringing some patchy drizzle in places, but remaining chilly with light winds. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Sunday:

Generally dry and rather cloudy through the morning, with some brighter breaks developing later in the day. Feeling chilly beneath grey skies with the odd spot of drizzle possible. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Settled. A mixture of cloudy skies bringing patchy rain interspersed with brighter intervals. Some chilly nights to come, with frost and fog in places, but daytime temperatures recovering to average.

A transition to a rather more changeable and at times unsettled weather pattern is likely to occur during the first few days of this period. Outbreaks of rain and freshening winds will probably make inroads from the southwest during Thursday ahead of conditions more widely becoming wetter and windier by next weekend. Whilst a milder, wetter and windier scenario is considered most likely, there remains a small chance that colder air from Europe may continue to feed into northern Britain, especially at first, increasing the chance of snowfall here. Towards the end of January, further periods of strong winds and heavy rain are likely to move in from the Atlantic. Whilst generally mild conditions look to close out the month, some large day to day changes in temperature are possible.

A dominant flow from the Atlantic looks likely through this period, resulting in an unsettled, milder and windier than average period. This is likely to result in areas of rain and periods of stronger winds affecting most if not all parts of the UK at times, though with the wettest and windiest weather probably occurring towards the north and west. However, the potential for brief colder spells with associated frost, ice and snow remains, following any deep lows crossing the region. Pressure may build across southern areas towards mid-February, which would result in drier, settled conditions, albeit with an increased chance of overnight fog and frost, becoming established here.