Oxford (Oxfordshire) weather

Headline:

Cloudy with showers developing later, these heavy in places.

Today:

Cloudy through the day, mostly dry through the morning, except in the far southeast where overnight rain persists. Showers then developing across the region from midday, these heavy and possibly thundery in places. Light winds. Warm. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Tonight:

One or two late sunny spells soon clouding over. Showers lingering into the evening, turning more to patchy light rain with cloud lowering and thickening overnight. Mostly light winds. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Monday:

Low cloud slow to clear at first, gradually clearing away into the afternoon for most to give some prolonged sunshine into the evening. Light winds, breezier along coasts. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Patchy rain and cloud moving in after a bright start to Tuesday. Wednesday looking fine, with sunny spells. Winds picking up overnight, but another decent day Thursday with bright spells.

The final week of March into the start of April looks to be characterised by a slowly evolving, but changeable weather pattern. Initially, a dry interlude is likely with spells of sunshine across many areas. With time, these drier conditions will become more favoured across the south. Further north and northwest, there is a greater chance of rain or showers at times, these accompanied by windier spells and a chance of gales for parts of the far northwest. There is a small chance that these wetter, more unsettled conditions could become more widespread for a time. Temperatures will probably pan out close to average overall, though chilly nights remain possible where clear skies coincide with light winds.

Confidence is lower than normal, but blocked or slow-moving weather patterns are most probable through the middle of April. This can lead to slow-moving areas of low and high pressure and, depending on their location, this can result in periods of either dry conditions or wetter episodes with rain or showers. Temperatures will vary, with some large day-to-day swings possible, but overall are likely to be near average.