Westonbirt - The National Arboretum (Gloucestershire) weather

Headline:

Largely cloudy with some heavy showers and strong winds.

This Evening and Tonight:

Mostly dry with clear spells inland this evening, though a few coastal showers continuing. Turning increasingly unsettled overnight, as Storm Ingrid moves in from the southwest bringing further outbreaks of prolonged rain, accompanied by strengthening winds. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Friday:

Rain will clear northeastwards through the morning leaving brighter, but showery weather. However, more persistent rain returning later. A windy day, with a risk of coastal gales. Temperatures around average. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Windy on Saturday with frequent heavy showers. Often cloudy and breezy thereafter, with further outbreaks of rain and showers developing at times. Turning colder next week.

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. 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 other 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 associated wintry hazards where any precipitation attempts to spread in, especially on hills.