Belper (Derbyshire) weather

Headline:

Very cold overnight with frost. Cold with sunny spells Thursday.

This Evening and Tonight:

A very cold night with largely clear skies. A severe overnight frost developing, particularly in rural areas. Winds easing to be mostly light but brisker along the Lincolnshire coast. Minimum temperature -5 °C.

Thursday:

Another cold, mostly dry day, with sunny spells. A chance of snow showers later, mainly across Derbyshire hills. A slow thaw during daylight hours but icy stretches persisting in places. Maximum temperature 3 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Cold Friday with coastal wintry showers. Windy Saturday, with snow briefly possible, then thawing as rain and milder temperatures follow. Much milder Sunday with rain clearing to sunshine and showers.

An unsettled start, with strong winds and some showers for many parts, these most frequent in the north. Temperatures easing back towards average for most places, but still mild in the southeast. The strong winds will make it feel rather cold though. It then 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 briefly builds across the country, this bringing a risk of some stubborn fog patches as winds ease. It may turn unsettled and milder again later next week. Into December, high pressure may re-assert itself, with temperatures generally close to average, but some overnight frost is likely, and rather cold by day where any 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.