Abingdon (Oxfordshire) weather

Headline:

Chilly with sunny spells

Today:

A chilly and locally frost start will lead into a dry and bright day with plenty of long sunny spells. Some patchy cloud may develop into the afternoon. Winds light. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Tonight:

A cold, dry, and mostly clear night with widespread frost and light winds, with a few patches of freezing fog forming by dawn. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Thursday:

Mist and freezing fog clearing through the morning to give a dry day with plenty of long sunny spells, becoming breezy later towards the coast. Cold again overnight. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Cold through this period with increasing cloud amounts and a strengthening easterly breeze. Increased risk of a few showery outbreaks of rain, or perhaps some wintry flurries.

High pressure will likely sit to the northeast of the UK during this period. Consequently, winds across many areas are likely to come from an easterly quadrant, exacerbating the cold feel, with temperatures often below average. At first, there is the chance of more widespread precipitation, most likely mainly rain, across southernmost areas, before this clears away. Thereafter, there is a risk of some sleet or snow showers feeding in on the east to southeasterly wind, though many places may remain dry. Also a small chance of Atlantic fronts making inroads from the west, especially later in this period, which could also bring the possibility of at least transient snow. Overnight frost is likely to feature during this period, particularly where skies are clear.

Weather patterns in the UK are most likely to be slowly evolving during this period. It is most likely that high pressure to the east or northeast of the UK will dominate at first in some form or another, but with time this may decline, allowing an erratic transition to rather more unsettled and possibly less cold conditions. During this transition there is the possibility of more prolonged rain or snow developing, at least for a time, but confidence in these details is currently very low.