Winkhill (Staffordshire) weather

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Cold for the next few days with wintry showers possible.

Today:

Mainly dry through the morning with early frost and some bright spells. Clouding over by the afternoon with showers or longer spells of rain arriving from the north. Freshening winds will make it feel chilly. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Tonight:

Showers continuing overnight with the added risk of these turning wintry, mostly on higher ground, although possibly sleety even to lower levels. Breezy, although a frost still forming in places. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Wednesday:

Any showers early in the morning will move off towards the southeast. Skies brightening with plenty of sunshine developing later. Still feeling cold in brisk winds. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Staying mostly dry but cold for the rest of the week with sunny spells. A change this weekend as wind and rain moves in allowing temperatures to increase towards average.

Atlantic weather fronts will continue to spread east bringing spells of rain, potentially quite widely. More showery conditions will likely follow but there will be some brighter spells at times. The showery conditions will likely persist for a few subsequent days, though there is some risk of Atlantic frontal systems moving in from the west at times. Temperatures will be a little below normal. A westerly dominated pattern will likely persist through to the end of November with outbreaks of rain or showers and temperatures near to or a little below normal. There could however still be some wintry showers at times in the north. Areas if low pressure may bring longer spells of rain and periods of strong winds at times.

Whilst there is a lot of uncertainty as to the flavour of weather affecting the UK into December, there is a greater chance than normal of slower evolving weather patterns. A mixture of weather types seems most likely and so some wetter days, with widespread rain or showers and the chance of snow, mainly for higher ground in the north. Equally some drier periods are also anticipated, increasing the possibility of some frosty nights and fog. Overall, temperatures close to average are most likely, but some colder spells are also possible, especially if any prolonged settled spells develop.