Sunderland (Sunderland) weather

Headline:

Bright and frosty start. Dry and largely sunny, light winds.

Today:

A bright and frosty start with a few patches of fog in places. Remaining dry and largely sunny through the day. Light winds freshening towards evening. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Tonight:

Mostly cloudy with the chance of some clear spells towards the end of the night. Remaining dry and breezy. Temperatures around normal for the time of year. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Friday:

Dry with sunny spells. Remaining breezy but feeling milder than of late. Cloud increasing during the evening with the chance of the odd outbreak of rain, perhaps heavy, overnight. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Mostly dry and cloudy with light winds on Saturday. Sunny spells and bands of blustery showers on Sunday. Showers perhaps turning wintry and then clearing later on Monday.

A cold and frosty start is expected on Tuesday, with some patchy freezing fog in places, which may be slow to clear. Cloud will increase from the west, then later rain for western parts. This may fall as snow at first across Scotland and the Highlands. Following a brief settled spell, further fontal systems are expected to move in from the west, more likely to bring rain and breezy conditions for much of the UK, especially northern and western parts. Towards the end of the period there are signs for more settled weather becoming amplified across the south of the UK. Temperatures will be close to or below average on Tuesday, then rising above average where frontal systems move in from the west.

Settled weather is signalled to be most likely at first, at least across the south. However, towards mid-December, there are signs that the weather will become less settled again, with west or northwesterly types preferred. These will bring some wetter and windier spells with a risk of some snow, especially across northern hills. These conditions may prevail into late December, although drier, more settled spells may also affect the UK at times, again these probably more likely towards the south. Temperatures generally close to average through the period, or slightly above in areas which are wet and windy.