Watnall (Nottinghamshire) weather

Headline:

Bright with sunshine. Morning rain in east clearing.

Today:

Cloudier skies with occasional rain in east lasting much of Tuesday morning before sunnier skies in west arrive, with rain petering out. Morning mist affecting some parts may be slow to clear. Temperatures close to average. Winds remaining light. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Tonight:

Clear spells overnight with frost and fog developing. Some fog may become dense for a time. Staying dry, with a southerly breeze developing late in the night. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Wednesday:

Turning windy and clouding over Wednesday morning. Outbreaks of rain arriving in the afternoon. Some persistent and heavy rain likely later. Rain mostly clearing overnight with winds easing. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Chance of further rain on Thursday turning showery. Drier and breezier by Friday. Saturday similar but probably clouding over with chance of evening rain arriving. Temperatures near normal.

Unsettled conditions are likely to continue at first, with low pressure probably centred somewhere to the southwest of the UK, whilst high pressure tries to nose in from the east across northern areas. This means a broadly easterly flow becoming established, whilst periods of rain or showers becoming increasingly confined to southern or southwestern parts. With time, high pressure is signalled to become rather more dominant with more in the way dry, settled weather anticipated. With this, temperatures will probably lower a little compared to recent weeks, closer to or perhaps a little below average for some. Overnight frost and fog or freezing fog could become more widespread, though any particularly cold conditions look unlikely at this stage.

High pressure will probably be close by to the UK at the start of this period, which would maintain a fair amount of dry, settled weather. With this comes the potential for fog and frost, and lower temperatures overall, though nothing unusually cold is currently signalled. Towards mid-January, perhaps a greater chance of more changeable conditions re-asserting themselves, though this is rather uncertain at present.