Manifold Valley (Staffordshire) weather

Headline:

Wintry showers overnight bring a risk of ice.

This Evening and Tonight:

A mostly dry evening with clear spells. Overnight a band of rain, sleet and snow moves southwards, leading to a risk of icy stretches and some slight accumulations. Local frost forming under any clear spells. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Friday:

Rain, sleet and snow clearing south during the morning, with plenty of sunshine following. Feeling cold in the brisk breeze with perhaps the odd wintry shower come the afternoon. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

A cold but mainly dry weekend with plenty of sunshine by day and widespread frosts by night. The odd wintry shower possible at times. Remaining similar on Monday.

The recent spell of cold, northerly winds should begin to ease by the middle of next week, with snow showers in the north and east becoming lighter and less frequent. However, bands of rain seem likely to gradually move in off the Atlantic and, as these encounter the cold air entrenched over the UK, some further snowfall is possible, particularly in central and eastern areas, with rain more likely in the west. From next weekend, the outlook becomes more uncertain. Most likely is that conditions will be less cold than recently, but there still remains potential for further spells of snow, especially in northern and central areas. Further south and west, some milder interludes are possible, with the chance of some heavier rain and stronger winds at times.

The outlook through January is very uncertain, with no strong indication for any particular weather pattern to dominate. As such, conditions are most likely to be changeable. Spells of wet, windy and mild weather are possible at times, along with colder, drier interludes with overnight frost and fog. Snow and ice remain possible, especially in central and northern parts of the UK, but the chance of these is lower than earlier in the month.