Dorothy Clive Garden (Staffordshire) weather

Headline:

Frost and fog lifting, then rather cloudy and chilly.

Today:

A frosty but sunny start for some with areas of mist and fog lifting into low cloud during the morning. Thereafter, an increasingly cloudy and dull afternoon for many, though staying generally dry. Feeling chilly, despite light winds. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Tonight:

Generally cloudy this evening and overnight and turning misty and murky in places with hill fog. Light winds and relatively mild under the cloud blanket, with any frost very localised. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Thursday:

Rather cloudy and gloomy on Thursday with mist and hill fog. Mostly dry, though the odd spot of drizzle is possible. Temperatures around average. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Often cloudy on Friday and much of Saturday with mist, fog and drizzly rain. Turning brighter from the north later, then windier with rain or showers on Sunday. Turning colder.

Turning more unsettled and significantly colder as we head into the weekend with rain or showers for most regions, The heaviest and most frequent spells of rain are most likely in the north where they are likely to turn wintry, especially to the hills of Scotland, but perhaps also to lower levels in the far north as colder air digs south. The chance of any widespread or disruptive snowfall affecting more populated areas at this stage however remains low. Less certainty for the south but even here there is a chance of some more organised rain, and potentially some hill snow. Often windy, with a chance of gales at times, especially in the north and east. Temperatures falling below average and feeling particularly cold in the strong winds.

Signals vary in prevailing weather patterns through this period but likely more unsettled and colder than during early November for the start of the period. There is a greater chance of more mobile weather patterns which would see Atlantic systems periodically move across the country. These bringing some wetter and windier interludes followed by drier periods and with the colder air in situ a greater risk of some snow, especially for hills of the north. A trend toward less mobile weather or more settled conditions is favoured into December, although some wetter and windier interludes remain likely at times. Temperatures also trending closer to average, especially in the south.