Ashwell (Hertfordshire) weather

Headline:

Mainly dry on Wednesday.

Today:

A few early showers with icy stretches. For most it looks a dry but rather windy day though, perhaps with gales near the Norfolk coast this morning. Brighter with long sunny spells and only small amounts of cloud this afternoon. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

A dry evening with clear spells, allowing a slight frost to form. Clouding over from the west overnight with patchy rain and perhaps a wintry shower developing over the hills. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Thursday:

Cloudy but mostly dry through the morning with lighter winds than of late. Rain, sleet, or snow, heavy at times, edging into the area towards the evening. Winds strengthening too. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Heavy rain, sleet and snow clearing east on Friday. Saturday; dry with light winds. Cloudy and windy on Sunday with rain, wintry at first, arriving from the west later.

A change in weather patterns is likely at the start of this period. Milder air is expected to start to arrive from the west during Sunday as a band of rain arrives. Depending on how quickly the band moves eastwards, this could lead to another spell of snow across northern and eastern areas. A change to milder, albeit unsettled conditions, is then most likely into the following week, probably persisting for the remainder of the period. All areas will see showers or longer spells of rain at times though still with some drier interludes. Potentially windy at times too. Whilst this transition is most likely occur, very cold is expected to remain close to the east of the UK with a small chance of it returning.

The outlook through the latter part of January and into the start of February is typically uncertain. A broadly southwesterly regime is marginally favoured bringing changeable conditions. Spells of wet, windy and mild weather are likely. Some colder, drier interludes with overnight frost and fog are possible. As during mid-January, while milder conditions are marginally favoured, there remains a chance of further cold spells extending across the country.