Winkhill (Staffordshire) weather

Headline:

Remaining windy albeit drier on Saturday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Showers continuing to push northwards through this evening and into the night before fading. Clearer spells emerging through the early hours. Remaining windy with temperatures staying above freezing. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Saturday:

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

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Further heavy showers and periods of prolonged rain, though some bright and drier intervals possible too. Remaining windy at times, especially on Tuesday. Feeling chillier into next week.

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.