Eastbourne (Aurn) (East Sussex) weather

Headline:

Cloudy but cold with rain and sleet.

Today:

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain, sleet and possibly snow on higher ground moving eastwards during the day and feeling cold in the wind. Very breezy along the coast. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

Overcast and wet with rain, moderate at times and could turn to sleet in the west of the region. Feeling cold in the wind which gradually eases overnight. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Thursday:

Early rain and sleet slowly clearing from the west during the afternoon, then drier. Winds easing Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Cloud thickening Friday, turning windy with rain and showers, continuing into Saturday and Sunday. Turning much milder.

Quite changeable as Atlantic frontal systems track near or across the UK at times, bringing spells of rain, heaviest and most prolonged over high ground in the west and/or northwest, with comparatively small accumulations in more sheltered eastern and southeastern areas. It will often be quite breezy or windy, the strongest winds typically in the west or northwest. With a west or southwesterly flow tending to dominate, temperatures will likely be near or above average much of the time, especially over this weekend with some very mild conditions expected before a gradual downward trend through the final week of February back closer to average.

Confidence is rather low through this period with regards to the weather patterns affecting the UK. The most likely outcome is a continuation of rather changeable conditions, with low pressure systems tending to pass close to or to the northwest of the UK, bringing occasional spells of wet and windy weather, especially in the north west. High pressure to the south may build across the UK at times to bring some drier, quieter interludes, this probably most frequent in the south and east. Temperatures are likely to be near or slightly above average for the period as a whole, though some relatively short-lived interludes of colder conditions remain possible.