Ironbridge Gorge (Shropshire) weather

Headline:

Storm Chandra arriving, maintaining the very unsettled weather pattern.

This Evening and Tonight:

It will be a cloudy, damp and breezy evening with some outbreaks of rain, and a little snow over the Peak District. Overnight more persistent rain and hill snow will arrive from the southwest, accompanied by strong and gusty winds. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

Tuesday:

Storm Chandra will sweep wet and windy weather northeastwards during the morning, accompanied by strong and gusty winds, with snow over the Peak District. Turning brighter and less blustery later. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Wednesday will be a drier, brighter and less blustery day with isolated showers. Rather cloudy on Thursday and Friday with some rain at times, and rather windy for a while.

Weather systems 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 as well as strong winds are expected at times. Rain 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 at times. Where fronts from the southwest do reach the cold air towards the northeast, there is the risk of some snow, most likely across hills, but perhaps extending to lower areas at times.

A similar theme from early February is most likely to continue as Atlantic frontal systems attempt to move across the country. With the jet stream likely 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 an increased risk of wintry hazards, especially where any precipitation from the southwest interacts with the cold air.