Swadlincote Ski Centre (Derbyshire) weather

Headline:

Cloudy and damp overnight.

This Evening and Tonight:

Increasingly cloudy overnight with patchy outbreaks of rain arriving from the west with hill fog, along with strengthening winds. Less cold than the previous night. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Thursday:

Patchy cloud and a few lingering showers over the Derbyshire hills. Otherwise, bright with sunny intervals and light winds. Turning cloudy with rain, heavy at times arriving from the south. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Generally cloudy, with a chance of outbreaks of rain or showers, but also a few brighter spells. Light to moderate winds, with temperatures around average for the time of year.

Throughout this period, the UK will see a battle between Atlantic weather systems attempting to arrive from the west while high pressure and colder conditions attempt to exert some influence from the east. Initially, milder Atlantic air is expected to dominate. This should maintain changeable conditions with showers or longer spells of rain for most. The wettest weather in western parts of the country, drier in the east. Temperatures overall likely to be around average. Later in the period, there is an increased chance that conditions will turn colder. This aspect of the forecast is still somewhat uncertain but the potential transition to colder weather also increases the chance of snow across parts of the country.

Initially, slowly evolving weather patterns are most likely in the vicinity of the UK, with low pressure typically to the west or southwest and high pressure to the northeast. This configuration brings an increased chance of cold conditions affecting parts of the UK, and the associated risk of wintry hazards at times. Deeper into February, and whilst confidence is naturally low, there may be a transition to more widely unsettled conditions and perhaps a corresponding recovery in temperature back closer to average.