Chester (Cheshire West and Chester) weather

Headline:

Frosty night ahead of a cold but sunny Wednesday.

This Evening and Tonight:

A dry but chilly evening with many seeing largely clear skies overnight. Isolated wintry showers may drift towards Merseyside and Cheshire during the early hours of Wednesday morning, with icy patches possibly forming by dawn. Widely frosty. Minimum temperature -4 °C.

Wednesday:

Cold and crisp with plenty of sunshine, though feeling chilly in a breezy northerly wind. Mainly dry, but with occasional wintry showers filtering into the west later in the evening. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Staying cold initially, with further overnight frosts. Occasional wintry showers on Thursday but mostly dry on Friday. Mild, wet and windy on Saturday, perhaps with hill snow for a time.

An unsettled start, with a spell of very strong winds and some rain or showers for all parts. It will be mild for most parts, especially towards the southeast, although the strong winds will make it feel rather cold. The start of next week looks like turning colder for all parts, with a return of wintry showers for a time, especially in the north. Conditions then look like settling down as high pressure builds across the country. Although the high may drift off to the east later next week, mainly dry and settled conditions seem likely to persist, especially towards the south and east where fog may become an issue. Temperatures trending back towards average, but overnight frosts are likely and rather cold days where fog persists.

The start of this period looks like being largely settled, with high pressure close to if not 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. These conditions look more likely to dominate towards the middle of December. Temperatures generally close to average through the period.