The Ford County Ground Essex C.C.C. (Essex) weather

Headline:

Saturday, drier for a time, rain later. Mild and breezy.

Today:

Early patchy rain easing with some bright or sunny spells developing. Cloud then thickening again through the afternoon with further outbreaks of rain spreading east later. Mild but breezy. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Tonight:

Staying cloudy overnight with some outbreaks of rain at times but also some drier interludes. Temperatures remaining mild, with breezy conditions persisting. Minimum temperature 11 °C.

Sunday:

Early cloud and patchy rain, soon clearing away southeast. Largely dry conditions with bright or sunny spells to follow. Rather windy at times, but mild or very mild. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Dry start Monday, thicker cloud and patchy rain later. Strong winds easing later. Mostly dry Tuesday and Wednesday, variable cloud perhaps some brighter spells. Breezy Tuesday, easing Wednesday. Mild throughout.

Changeable during this period with Atlantic frontal systems moving across the country and shorter dry and bright interludes in-between. Rain and showers typically heaviest and most frequent in the west, with more sheltered eastern areas seeing much smaller amounts of rain. Often windy with a chance of gales at times. Temperatures well above average at first, likely falling closer to average with alternating colder and milder spells towards the end of February and into March; perhaps cold enough for some sleet/snow showers in the northwest, especially over high ground, in the colder spells.

A continuation of rather changeable conditions is the favoured scenario, with low pressure systems tending to pass close to or across the UK, bringing occasional spells of wet and windy weather, especially in the north and west. High pressure to the southwest may build across the UK at times to bring some drier, quieter interludes, these more likely later in this period and probably most influential in the south - the chances of prolonged settled weather look very low. 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.