Colchester (Essex) weather

Headline:

Evening and overnight rain, occasionally heavy. Sunny spells Sunday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Patchy rain at first, becoming more persistent, and locally heavy, through the evening. This clearing eastern coasts before dawn, with dry conditions and occasional spells following. Generally milder than previous nights. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Sunday:

Generally a dry and bright start, far eastern coasts cloudier initially. Isolated showers in the far west from midday, spreading east into the evening and becoming heavy in places. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Monday sunshine and scattered heavy showers. Rain and strong winds overnight, clears Tuesday with windy conditions and showers following. Wednesday breezy, bright spells and isolated showers. Temperatures becoming warmer.

Continuing to be changeable at first for the north west, with low pressure often close by to the north of the UK, bringing rain and showers. Across the south, high pressure is expected to quickly start to build near to the UK towards the Bank Holiday weekend, bringing some fine and dry conditions, with temperatures rising accordingly for some. Thereafter, high pressure is expected to broadly remain the dominant influence across much of the UK, with spells of fine weather. Low pressure will be positioned to the north, and will at times allow some rain or showers, this mostly to the north. Overall across the period, temperatures are expected to be above normal with winds often light for many.

Whilst further rain and showers are possible at times, this mainly across the north, there is also likely to be spells of fine and dry weather for many areas. Patterns which bring more settled weather are more likely to dominate through the turn of the month across southern areas with more unsettled spells of weather likely to be focused further north. Further towards mid-June, more mixed conditions are likely with spells of rain and showers, but also some drier weather at times. Temperatures are most likely to be near or slightly above average overall, with some warm weather possible at times.