Boscombe Down (Wiltshire) weather

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A cold weekend with ice and wintry showers for some.

This Evening and Tonight:

A mixture of clear periods and scattered wintry showers overnight. Most of the showers will be across Cornwall and Devon, with snow in places, especially over the Moors. Icy stretches developing and feeling very cold with a widespread frost. Minimum temperature -4 °C.

Saturday:

An icy start for many, then further wintry showers across Devon and Cornwall. Staying mainly dry in eastern counties with lengthy sunny periods. Feeling very cold in the northerly breeze. Maximum temperature 5 °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.