Snowdome Tamworth (Staffordshire) weather

Headline:

Often cloudy but dry by day. Rain arriving later. Windy.

Today:

Largely dry albeit often cloudy through Saturday with a few breaks in the cloud to allow for some sunny intervals. Winds strengthening with further rain arriving by the evening. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Tonight:

Turning more unsettled this evening and overnight with rain and showers pushing across the region. Windy to start, but these easing through the night. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Sunday:

Staying mixed with rain and showers persisting. A few glimmers of sunshine possible, but mostly cloudy with lighter winds than Saturday. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Drier on Monday with a band of rain arriving overnight. Wet and windy on Tuesday with an area of low pressure clearing northwards into Wednesday. Feeling chillier.

Weather systems moving in 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 are expected at times. These 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 south west do reach the cold air towards the north east, there is the risk of some snow, most likely across hills, but perhaps extending to other areas at times.

A similar theme is expected to continue as Atlantic frontal systems attempt to push eastwards at times. As the jet stream is slightly 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 south west interacts with the cold air.