Braintree (Essex) weather

Headline:

Partly cloudy, with isolated showers.

This Evening and Tonight:

Cloud breaking through the evening, with some late sunny spells. Partly cloudy overnight, with a chance of isolated light showers. Light winds continuing. Cold with a risk of frost. Minimum temperature -2 °C.

Monday:

A cold and rather bright start. Becoming increasingly cloudy through the morning. Occasional showers will move slowly west in the afternoon. Winds remaining largely light. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Dry with sunny spells Tuesday and Wednesday. Cloudy start Thursday, clearing later. Breezy, especially over hills. Warm, though cooler near coasts. Chilly by night.

High pressure is likely to be centred close to or across the UK through much of this period. So many places will be largely dry with clear or sunny periods. Colder air will try to push into the country from the north toward next weekend, but will probably only make limited progress into the northeast for a brief time, where it could bring a short lived showery interlude, some of these wintry. Winds will be mostly light, but briefly stronger in the northeast as that colder air tries to come south. Temperatures will probably be near normal or slightly above for many, but with a risk of colder conditions affecting the north next weekend.

Slowly evolving weather patterns are likely through the first half of May. Within this, high pressure is likely to be located somewhere to the north or northwest and low pressure closer to southern areas. The orientation of and proximity to the UK of each of these features will be key to regional weather on a day-to-day basis. However, on balance, northern and some western areas are likely be drier, with southern and possibly some eastern parts seeing more in the way of rain or showers. Overall, temperatures probably close to or a little above average, though scope for some cold nights with late season frost, especially in the north.