Hamstead (West Midlands Conurbation) weather

Headline:

Drier and more settled this week, though often cloudy.

Today:

Today will be mostly dry and cloudy but isolated light showers can't be entirely ruled out. Cloud breaking at times to give some sunny intervals. Still rather breezy and feeling chilly. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Tonight:

Staying generally dry this evening and overnight but remaining largely cloudy. If any prolonged clear breaks develop, then fog and frost patches are likely to form. Turning cold. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Wednesday:

A cloudy start for most but tending to slowly brighten up with sunny intervals developing. A dry afternoon with broken cloud and occasional sunny spells. Light winds but feeling chilly. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Largely dry albeit often cloudy through this period with occasional brighter spells. Patchy frost and fog may occur overnight with the odd shower or drizzly outbreak possible at times. Chilly.

High pressure will likely weaken into the weekend, allowing occasional bands of rain to make progress southeastwards across parts of the UK. While there may be an attempt for high pressure to rebuild at times, especially in the south, the more likely scenario is for an unsettled regime to dominate for much of next week, with occasional spells of rain followed by blustery showers, these most frequent and perhaps wintry at times in the northwest. It may be quite windy at times too, especially towards the north, while southern areas have a greater chance of some lengthier drier and perhaps more settled spells, although even here it may still be rather breezy. Temperatures will vary around average, with oscillations between colder and milder interludes.

Mainly unsettled conditions appear likely for most, with spells of wind and rain followed by showers affecting most areas but especially the north and northwest of the UK. Some sleet and snow is also likely at times, especially on high ground in the north. However, there are also some signs that more settled conditions are possible at times, these perhaps most likely across the south late in December or into early January. Temperatures are likely to be around average overall, with any more settled interludes bringing a risk of frost and fog.