Castle Hedingham Youth Hostel (Essex) weather

Headline:

Generally dry with variable cloud, and frost possible overnight.

This Evening and Tonight:

Staying generally dry, although one or two light showers possible overnight. Cloud breaks developing at times allowing temperatures to drop, with frost developing in places. Minimum temperature -2 °C.

Wednesday:

Cloud clearing through the morning to leave a sunny but cold day. Strong winds developing in the afternoon, particularly along the coast. Very cold again overnight, with frost possible. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Mostly dry on Thursday with sunny spells. Staying dry into the weekend, however sleet or snow showers are possible across East Anglian coasts. Very cold, with strong winds at times.

Cold northerly winds dominant across the UK in the first week of January. These will bring wintry showers (often of snow) to many coastlines (and areas just inland of these) that are exposed to onshore winds. Day-to-day changes in wind direction will change the places most exposed to the showers, but many inland locations across central and southern areas will remain mostly dry but cold - some more coherent bands of rain, sleet and snow working south at times. Into the second week of January slightly milder conditions will attempt to move in from the west, with a risk of further snow on the leading edge of these turning to rain. Colder regime more likely to the north with average to just below average in the south.

Whilst confidence in details is low, by the start of this period the transition back to westerly winds bringing Atlantic weather systems into the UK is expected to be complete, with temperatures most likely recovering to around or just below average. There is perhaps a weak signal for slowly evolving weather patterns to be more favoured than normal, such patterns increase the chances of frost and fog above normal by night.