May Bank (Staffordshire) weather

Headline:

A largely sunny week ahead. Warm days but chilly nights.

This Evening and Tonight:

A sunny end to the day and staying dry and clear this evening and overnight. Turning chilly with some frost in rural areas and isolated fog patches forming. Light winds. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Tuesday:

Any fog clearing readily in the strong April sunshine, then another dry and sunny day with widespread blue skies, though turning hazy at times. Feeling warm with light winds. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Staying dry with warm and mainly sunny days, and quite chilly nights with rural frosts. Patchy low cloud or fog in places overnight and during the mornings. Light winds.

Most areas will be dry and sunny with light winds at first as high pressure extends across much of the UK. However, it will be cloudier and breezier in parts of the far north with some light rain or drizzle at times. Temperatures will be above normal away from windward coasts. A gradual change to a more unsettled weather regime is likely thereafter, with Atlantic frontal systems from the west or showers from the south making inroads across the UK. This is expected to herald a wetter period through the middle of April with showers or longer spells of rain at times, which could be heavy and thundery in places. Strong winds could develop in some areas, particularly the south and west. Temperatures are likely to return closer to normal.

Some unsettled weather is possible at this start of this period with showers or longer spells of rain in places. However, a change to more settled conditions is most likely during the latter part of April with high pressure becoming more dominant. This settled theme continues into early May, although some spells of wetter, unsettled weather remain possible, especially in the south. Temperatures are expected to be above average overall.