Saffron Walden (Essex) weather

Headline:

Overnight rain dying out during Wednesday. Brighter later.

Today:

Cloudy with rain in most places. The rain easing and become more intermittent as drier, brighter conditions and some warm sunny spells develop later in the day. Some low cloud reaching coastal areas of Norfolk in the evening. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Tonight:

Low cloud and some mist near coastal areas will roll inland to affect much of the region. Some light drizzle in places otherwise staying dry with light winds. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

Thursday:

Thursday morning probably starting dull and cloudy. Cloud thinning and breaking to bright or sunny spells in afternoon. Cool and cloudier near some coasts. A fine evening for most. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Friday bright for many with some sunshine. Chance of showers on Saturday otherwise bright with some sunshine. Sunday fine with sunny spells. Temperatures near or above average.

Starting off with something of a northwest to southeast split; higher pressure located towards the southeast should bring fine and increasingly warm conditions across at least southern UK, whilst there is a greater chance of periods of cloud, rain and stronger winds affecting the north. There will be fine weather here at times as well too however. There's a small chance that fine and very warm weather could extend right across the country early next week, but it's more likely that cloud/rain in the northwest will sink southeast introducing more changeable and cooler conditions for a time mid-week. It then becomes roughly equal chances that we see a resumption of mainly fine and dry conditions versus a continuation of more changeable weather with a mixture of rain and drier interludes.

Forecast confidence is lower than average for this range, although fairly typical for late Spring. A typical mixture of drier and settled periods, and periods of wetter and more unsettled conditions, is on balance slightly more likely than predominantly unsettled or predominantly settled. Temperatures are likely to be around average overall, with a slightly increased chance of warm or hot spells. Any such spells could be accompanied by locally heavy showers and thunderstorms.