Castle Hedingham Youth Hostel (Essex) weather

Headline:

Sunny spells and showers. Risk of hail and thunder.

Today:

After a dry and bright start, there will be a mixture of sunny spells and showers into the afternoon, locally heavy, with the risk of hail and thunder in places. Feeling pleasant in the sunshine. Windy, especially near the showers. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Tonight:

Any daytime showers will gradually ease to leave a dry night, with prolonged clear spells. Winds easing, and turning locally chilly, with a patchy frost forming in prone rural spots. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Monday:

After a bright and chilly start, the clouds will begin to bubble up to give sunny spells and showers, locally heavy with hail and thunder, into the afternoon. Light winds. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Dry with sunny spells Tuesday, after another chilly start. Dry and bright Wednesday, before outbreaks of rain arrive later, clearing overnight. Sunny spells and isolated showers Thursday. Temperatures above normal.

Changeable at the start of this period with low pressure to the west or northwest of the UK. This will bring showers or longer spells of rain at times, heaviest and most persistent in the northwest together with some strong winds. The southeast is likely to be driest and brightest. Later in this period, conditions may become drier and more settled, perhaps more especially in the north or northwest with the south possibly becoming the focus for showers or longer spells of rain. Temperatures will likely be near or slightly above average overall.

The dominant pattern during this period is most likely to be high pressure (or higher than average pressure) to the north and lower pressure to the south. This will probably lead to drier and more settled than normal weather in the north or northwest of the UK, with the south and possibly east more unsettled and wetter than normal. Temperatures will probably be close to or slightly above average overall.