Cambridge University Botanic Garden (Cambridgeshire) weather

Headline:

Unsettled, with low cloud, rain and strong winds.

Today:

Rain likely in the morning, with heavy bursts possible. Turning drier for a time through the day, with further showers in the afternoon. Strong coastal winds. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Tonight:

Remaining cloudy with moderate showers, the showers will gradually ease and conditions become more settled and drier. The winds gradually easing overnight. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Friday:

Unsettled Friday, with a mixture of variable cloud, strong winds along the coast and outbreaks of rain, perhaps heavy at times. Turning drier after this with temperatures gradually getting colder. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Unsettled Saturday, with a mixture of variable cloud, outbreaks of rain, perhaps heavy at times and strong coastal winds easing. Turning drier after this with temperatures gradually getting colder.

Weather systems moving in from the Atlantic will continue to attempt to push in from the west, but tending to stall in the vicinity of the UK as they encounter high pressure to the north and northeast. As a result, further spells of rain or showers are likely at times. These may be heavy and persistent, especially in the south and west, with the best of any drier interludes in the far north and northeast. Whilst mild conditions are expected to encroach into the south and southwest at times, it is likely to turn somewhat colder through this period, bringing the risk of some snow, most likely across hills in Scotland and northern England, but perhaps extending to other areas with time.

A similar theme is expected to continue as Atlantic frontal systems attempt to push eastwards at times. As the jet stream is slightly further south than normal, the wettest conditions are more likely in central and southern areas. North and northwestern parts of the UK are most likely to be drier than normal. Whilst mild incursions of wet and windy weather are favoured at times in the south and west, colder conditions in the north and northeast will bring associated wintry hazards where any precipitation attempts to spread in, especially on hills.