Marston Green (West Midlands Conurbation) weather

Headline:

Heavy and disruptive snow for some due to Storm Goretti.

This Evening and Tonight:

Heavy rain turning to sleet and then wet snow this evening, with the snow accumulating quickly. Significant falls of snow are possible, especially over higher ground. Windy and cold with icy conditions possible before the rain reverts to rain/sleet later. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Friday:

Cloudy, cold and wet with rain or sleet at times, occasionally falling as snow over hills. Travel disruption likely, especially through the morning due to overnight snow. Winds gradually easing. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

A cold weekend with overnight frost. Mostly dry and bright on Saturday, then rain, perhaps preceded by snow in places, on Sunday. Turning milder on Monday. Becoming windy at times.

There is now much higher confidence for milder air to overspread the UK by the start of this period with the last of the cold air of the past couple of weeks expected to clear from the extreme northeast during the course of Monday. So this period likely to see brisk southwesterly winds bringing a very different feel to the weather than of late. There will be some rain or showers at times, but also a good deal of dry weather and although often cloudy, some brighter interludes are expected, especially to the lee of high ground. The milder conditions will see temperatures widely above average, and will lead to a rapid thaw of any remaining lying snow across northern parts of Scotland.

The outlook through the latter part of January and into the start of February is typically uncertain. A broadly southwesterly regime is marginally favoured bringing changeable conditions and spells of wet, windy and mild weather are likely, potentially with some very strong winds at times. However there is a chance that drier and colder conditions could extend into the UK from the east or northeast, along with a risk of some snow.