Sheldon (West Midlands Conurbation) weather

Headline:

Settled over the Christmas period, with cold winds.

This Evening and Tonight:

Remaining dry this evening and overnight, with variable, often large amounts of cloud. A chillier night than recent, under any clear skies the odd pocket of frost possible in some rural areas. Still rather windy. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Thursday:

Christmas Day will start quite cloudy again, but plenty of sunshine will develop during the day. It will remain blustery causing it will feel rather cold out and about. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Staying largely dry on Boxing Day and through the weekend with variable cloud cover. Some clear or sunny spells. Cold throughout with some night frost, and breezy for a while.

High pressure is likely to dominate across the UK through to the end of the year, centred to the west over the North Atlantic. This will likely maintain relatively settled conditions at first, but with a few showers possible along some coasts exposed to the northerly wind. Towards the first weekend of January, high pressure is likely to shift a little farther away from the UK, allowing a greater chance of more changeable conditions to develop. This will bring an increased risk of some rain or showers at times which, with cold air close to the UK, may bring some wintry hazards to some places. Temperatures will probably be near or slightly below average for this period overall.

Whilst confidence is low, high pressure will probably sit close to the UK initially, with periods of relatively settled weather interspersed with more changeable conditions. Temperatures will likely be near or slightly below average during this time. Later in the period a transition to more widely changeable or unsettled conditions is possible, with a corresponding shift to near or slightly above average temperatures.