Monday 9th December 2024

The storm has gone and boring is back. Fairly cold, fairly dry and mostly cloudy this week.

Thanks to Chris for the photograph.

So the general picture to start the week sees the remnants of Storm Darragh towards Italy, and high pressure is building over the north of the UK – which should last in place until the weekend, if not longer.

Today will be mostly cloudy, some occasional bits of light rain, some sunny breaks also. Feeling chilly in the north-easterly wind, around 7’C. Cloudy overnight, the odd bit of light rain possible, around 6’C.

Tuesday will be mostly cloudy and mostly dry – bar the odd bit of light rain/drizzle. Around 6’C and still feeling rather chilly in the north-easterly wind. Mostly cloudy and mostly dry overnight, around 4’C.

Wednesday will again be cloudy all day, perhaps a little sunshine in the afternoon. 6’C in an easterly breeze. Mostly cloudy overnight though a few clear breaks possible – perhaps some drizzle by dawn, around 3’C.

Thursday again looks mostly cloudy, perhaps a bit of sunshine at times, and also a greater chance of some showers which should be on the light side of the spectrum. Around 7’C in fairly light winds. Probably cloudy overnight, around 5’C.

Friday probably will be cloudy all day once more, a chance of some light rain/drizzle at times, and temperatures roughly around 6’C. Perhaps less cloud overnight – which means a chance of frost/fog, though low confidence at this stage.

For the weekend, our area of high pressure slips towards south-east Europe, but a new area is waiting to the west.

Details still a bit sketchy for the weekend, but current thinking is that Saturday may have a weak weather front brining cloud and some patchy rain – though clearer skies once it has cleared. And temperatures around 7’C. Frost possible overnight.

Sunday more likely to see sunshine, or hazy sunshine – depending on how close weather fronts are to our north.

Aforementioned weather fronts will arrive at some point early next week (well, almost certainly will) – though high pressure may hold them away for a day or two. Once they break through, an unsettled week is probable.

I’ll be back later in the week.