Horsley Hill (South Tyneside) weather

Headline:

Mostly dry overnight with winds easing. Turning colder.

This Evening and Tonight:

Dry for many overnight with clear spells, these likely prolonged away from western hills. However some cloud persisting with periods of rain and drizzle over the Pennines. Winds gradually easing but remaining breezy. Turning colder. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Wednesday:

A mix of rain and some drier interludes. Some snow likely, mainly over hills during the afternoon and evening. Breezy, but winds likely easing later in the day. Feeling cold. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Much colder with widespread overnight frosts, perhaps severe. Mainly dry with plenty of daytime sunshine on offer, although wintry showers will affect mainly coastal areas at times. Generally light winds.

A cold start to this period, with a mix of snow, sleet and rain showers in the north. Milder air may make inroads from the south during the first Sunday and Monday, bringing snow, rain and perhaps strong winds, but the northern extent of this is unclear and it may be that most or all of the UK remains in the colder air. Beyond this, the weather looks rather varied, with high pressure, cold air and wintry showers more likely across the north and northeast, spells of rain, snow and strong winds more likely in the south and southwest, and an uncertain balance between these two regimes. Overall, temperatures are more likely to be below normal than above, but day to day and regional variations are likely.

Slowly-evolving weather patterns look most likely through the second half of January, with high pressure often in the vicinity of the UK, although the flavour of the weather we experience depends on where the high and low pressure centres are relative to the UK. There are currently no strong signals for prolonged cold but spells of cold weather are likely, with frost, fog, and wintry showers. Pulses of more unsettled weather are more likely across the south than the north, and may bring milder conditions for a time too.