A cold week ahead with wintry showers and sunny spells.
This Evening and Tonight:
Further wintry showers and icy stretches overnight, primarily for Merseyside, Manchester and Cheshire. Prolonged clear periods elsewhere, under which a frost will likely form. Blustery around coasts and hills. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
Tuesday:
Sunny spells and scattered showers, mixing rain, sleet, snow and hail. Showers tending to fade later as winds also ease. Cold, with a widespread and locally severe frost overnight. Maximum temperature 4 °C.
Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:
Remaining cold during the coming week with further overnight frosts. Mostly likely dry on Wednesday and Thursday with sunny spells at times. Rain and hill snow possible later on Friday.
Updated:
UK long range weather forecast
High pressure is likely close to if not over the UK throughout this period, with generally settled conditions prevailing. Cloud amounts will be variable and occasionally large, but with a chance of some fog developing under clearer spells, which would be slow to clear, That said, frontal systems may affect parts of the UK at times, these more likely towards the northwest of the UK, bringing some rain and windier conditions. Any systems are likely to be fairly weak though as they run into the high pressure. Temperatures are likely to be generally around or a little above average, although southern and eastern parts may start rather cold, and it will be cold if or where fog lingers. Colder spells are also possible in the far north at times.
Updated:
Slowly-evolving weather patterns are most likely at first, with high pressure often in the vicinity of the UK, although the nature of the weather we experience depends on where the high and low pressure centres are relative to the UK. Overall, it is likely to start largely dry and settled though. Temperatures will generally be close to average, perhaps a little above towards the northwest of the UK, but with an ongoing chance of frost and perhaps fog where clear skies prevail. Later in the month and more particularly into early February, there are hints that it may become more unsettled, as areas of low pressure over the Atlantic make more progress into parts of the UK.