Norwich Airport (Norfolk) weather

Headline:

Rain overnight, increasing risk of sleet and snow through Friday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Cloudy with outbreaks of heavy rain at times. Increasing chance of rain turning to sleet and snow in the west, especially over higher ground. Wind erratically increasing. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Friday:

Cold with further outbreaks of rain and snow on Friday, this lingering for much of the day, but starting to ease in the west later. Winds easing later. Maximum temperature 3 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Wintry showers easing Saturday, but frosty with icy stretches. Dry start turning windy with outbreaks of sleet turning to rain Sunday. Milder Monday but breezy with sunshine and rain showers.

There is now much higher confidence for milder air to overspread the UK by the start of this period with the last of the cold air of the past couple of weeks expected to clear from the extreme northeast during the course of Monday. So this period likely to see brisk southwesterly winds bringing a very different feel to the weather than of late. There will be some rain or showers at times, but also a good deal of dry weather and although often cloudy, some brighter interludes are expected, especially to the lee of high ground. The milder conditions will see temperatures widely above average, and will lead to a rapid thaw of any remaining lying snow across northern parts of Scotland.

The outlook through the latter part of January and into the start of February is typically uncertain. A broadly southwesterly regime is marginally favoured bringing changeable conditions and spells of wet, windy and mild weather are likely, potentially with some very strong winds at times. However there is a chance that drier and colder conditions could extend into the UK from the east or northeast, along with a risk of some snow.