Matlock (Derbyshire) weather

Headline:

Showers in west. Rain later.

Today:

Mostly cloudy although some sunny spells to start in the northeast. Showers in the west, locally wintry on hilltops. Cloud thickening during the day, with outbreaks of rain from mid-afternoon. Mainly light winds. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy for many, with outbreaks of rain at times overnight. However, the far northeast of the region may become dry, clear and colder, with risk of a frost. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Monday:

Any early rain clearing briefly to hazy sunshine. Cloud thickening later with rain, sleet and hill snow arriving during the evening, perhaps some snow to lower levels. Windy later. Cold. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Windy Tuesday with early rain, sleet and hill snow clearing away. Then cold afterwards with some sunny spells and occasional wintry showers. Feeling particularly cold in the mostly strong winds.

Cold or very cold conditions are expected across most if not all parts of the UK early in this period, with wintry showers affecting in particular northern parts and exposed coastal districts, although it may well be largely sunny inland. Overnight frost will be widespread and occasionally strong winds will result in significant wind chill. However, there is an increasing chance through the first weekend and into the following week of more organised areas of rain, snow and strong winds affecting many areas, this probably also associated with milder temperatures, at least in the south. Later in the period, conditions remain uncertain, but it is most likely to remain mostly unsettled with further spells of rain and snow.

Signals vary in prevailing weather patterns through early December. In general, there looks like a trend towards drier and more settled conditions, with high pressure potentially being the more dominant influence over the UK. However. there is also a chance of more changeable weather patterns, which would see Atlantic weather systems periodically move across the country. These will bring some wetter and windier interludes with a risk of some snow, especially for hills in the north. Temperatures generally close to average, perhaps a little above at times, especially in the south.