Chichester (West Sussex) weather

Headline:

Mostly cloudy with rain or showers.

Today:

Any early fog should soon clear, becoming cloudy with spells of rain or showers which will gradually move southward. Driest and brightest in the south at first. Light winds to start, breezy later. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy with patchy outbreaks of rain or showers, these perhaps turning briefly to sleet through the early hours. Clear spells developing toward the end of the night, becoming cold. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Saturday:

A cold and frosty start. Dry with sunny intervals by day, sunshine becoming hazy into the afternoon. Winds strengthening overnight, becoming cloudy with rain, sleet and some hill snow possible. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Cloudy with rain, sleet or snow and strong winds early Sunday. A band of rain following later. Brighter Monday and Tuesday, with showers. Strong winds Monday, easing Tuesday.

Showers or longer spells of rain as well as occasional strong winds are most likely as Atlantic low pressure systems dominate in the vicinity of the UK. Some heavy rain is likely in places, with some snow at times in the north, mainly on high ground. Temperatures varying from around average to cold at times, especially in the north. While unsettled weather is likely to continue, there may be some drier interludes between weather systems. Later in the period, there is a chance that more prolonged drier and settled conditions may begin to develop.

Low confidence in the dominant weather patterns during this period. There are signals for both unsettled conditions, bringing a risk of some heavy rain, but also periods of drier, more settled weather, which may mean colder conditions. The latter, more settled pattern is looking slightly more probable at this stage, especially early in this period.