Hill View (Dorset) weather

Headline:

Relatively mild but staying unsettled and often wet and windy.

Today:

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 11 °C.

Tonight:

Showery rain this evening and overnight but with drier interludes also likely. Scattered heavy showers in the west, turning frequent later. Winds easing but remaining fairly breezy. Staying mild. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Thursday:

Another mainly cloudy and damp day with rain or heavy showers, these frequent and prolonged in places. Less windy overall but blustery in places. Some brightness in Cornwall later. Mild. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Further rain on Friday persistent in places. Somewhat drier over the weekend with a few showery outbreaks and staying largely cloudy. Turning a bit colder. Breezy at times.

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.