Stoke (West Midlands Conurbation) weather

Headline:

Drier tonight but feeling chilly with a few clear spells.

This Evening and Tonight:

Staying mainly dry this evening, with a few cloud breaks developing in the east overnight. Feeling cold with light winds and temperatures falling below freezing beneath clear skies, bringing some frost and icy patches in rural parts. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Sunday:

A chilly and in places frosty morning. Cloudy with further scattered showers by day. Winds generally light but feeling chilly beneath the cloud with persistent hill fog in places. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Largely cloudy next week, with patchy rain and drizzle at first, and sleet or snow over high ground. Turning drier by Wednesday but feeling cold in brisk winds.

An easterly or south-easterly wind is likely, with cold and cloudy weather continuing at first, with the possibility of much colder conditions for a time. Atlantic Low pressure however will inch closer to the UK, with fronts slowly moving towards southwestern parts. It is also possible that this might fall as snow initially as it runs into the cold air. Northeastern areas of the country will hold on to colder conditions for longer, and it is possible that the cold, cloudy easterly or south-easterly theme continues elsewhere. Eventually though it is thought that low pressure will push frontal bands of rain across much of the UK, with wind and rain becoming the dominant feature of the weather, but it's currently uncertain exactly when any change will occur.

An unsettled theme will probably have become established by this time, with weather systems moving close to or across the UK from the Atlantic. This will mean bands of rain and perhaps periods of strong winds spreading in from the west, interspersed with some drier and brighter interludes. Temperatures are most likely to be close to average overall.