Appleby Magna (Leicestershire) weather

Headline:

Cold, frosty tonight. Evening coastal snow showers clearing.

This Evening and Tonight:

Remaining coastal snow showers soon clearing out to the North sea this evening. Becoming clear and very cold overnight with a moderate or severe frost and icy stretches. Perhaps cloudier later. A mostly light wind, but breezier near the coast. Minimum temperature -9 °C.

Tuesday:

Mostly cloudy through Tuesday, with chance of rain and sleet, mainly in the morning. Less cold than previous days but winds freshening later in the day. Rain and sleet overnight. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Dry, windy but brighter Wednesday, with coastal showers. Rain, sleet and snow Wednesday night clearing to sunny spells and lighter winds Thursday. Increasingly windy, with risk of heavy snow Friday.

A changeable period is expected, with Atlantic frontal systems occasionally affecting the UK, bringing spells of rain, probably preceded by snow in some areas, this more likely in northern and eastern parts. Some significant snowfall is possible in places, particularly on northern hills. These low pressure systems could also bring some strong winds. These will be interspersed with quieter, drier interludes under transient ridges of high pressure, with the potential for frost, and wintry showers along coasts exposed to northerly winds. After a cold start, temperatures will tend to trend closer to average, especially in the south, such that the frequency of wintry hazards may reduce slightly. However, there is a hint late in this period that it may briefly turn more widely drier and colder again.

The outlook through the latter part of January and into the start of February is very uncertain, with no strong signal for any particular weather pattern to dominate. However, a broadly westerly regime seems more likely than not. As such, conditions are most likely to be changeable. Spells of wet, windy and mild weather are likely at times, along with some colder, drier interludes with overnight frost and fog. There is a hint that this period may start off largely dry and cold though. Snow and ice remain possible, especially in central and northern parts of the UK, but the chance of these is generally lower than earlier in January.