Risca (Caerphilly) weather

Headline:

A cold weekend with ice and wintry showers at times.

This Evening and Tonight:

Scattered wintry showers this evening and overnight, these heavy in some western areas and giving a further covering of snow in places, especially over the hills. Turning widely icy and frosty, especially inland but remaining windier in some coastal regions. Minimum temperature -6 °C.

Saturday:

After an icy start for many, further wintry showers are possible in places. Remaining drier in eastern regions with some sunshine. Brisk northerly winds in the west. Feeling very cold. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Very similar on Sunday and Monday. Dry for many with some sunshine and frosty overnight, but occasional wintry showers in the west. Probably cloudier on Tuesday, rain or snow later.

The recent spell of cold, northerly winds should begin to ease by the middle of next week, with snow showers in the north and east becoming lighter and less frequent. However, bands of rain seem likely to gradually move in off the Atlantic and, as these encounter the cold air entrenched over the UK, some further snowfall is possible, particularly in central and eastern areas, with rain more likely in the west. From next weekend, the outlook becomes more uncertain. Most likely is that conditions will be less cold than recently, but there remains potential for further spells of snow, especially in northern and central areas. Further south and west, some milder interludes are possible, with the chance of some heavier rain and stronger winds at times.

The outlook through the second half of January is very uncertain, with no strong indication for any particular weather pattern to dominate. As such, conditions are most likely to be changeable. Spells of wet, windy and mild weather are possible at times, along with colder, drier interludes with overnight frost and fog. Snow and ice remain possible, especially in central and northern parts of the UK, but the chance of these is lower than earlier in the month.