Ellesmere Port (Cheshire West and Chester) weather

Headline:

Rain at times and occasionally windy. Hill snow on Tuesday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Mainly dry at first this evening but showery outbreaks of rain developing later this evening and continuing overnight, perhaps wintry for a time over the highest ground. Windy at first but winds easing later. Staying largely frost free. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Sunday:

A cloudy day with showery rain at times and any brightness fleeting, most likely across Cumbria. Not as windy as on Saturday but breezy easterly winds persisting and feeling chilly. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Cloudy and rather cold on Monday with isolated wintry showers. Wet and windy on Tuesday with heavy rain and hill snow, perhaps bringing some travel disruption. Likely sunnier on Wednesday.

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 expected at times. These may be heavy and persistent, especially in the south and west. Whilst mild conditions are expected to encroach into the south and southwest at times, cold air is likely to be positioned to the northeast, bringing wintry showers at times. Where fronts from the south west do reach the cold air towards the north east, there is the risk of some snow, most likely across hills, but perhaps extending to lower areas at times.

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 an increased risk of wintry hazards, especially where any precipitation from the south west interacts with the cold air.