Kimberley (Nottinghamshire) weather

Headline:

Sleet and snow clearing by mid-morning. Sunny and dry afternoon.

Today:

Early sleet and snow clearing away to the south through the morning to leave a sunny afternoon. Cold morning with widespread frost and some icy patches. Blustery wintry showers may affect coastal areas as winds strengthen. Maximum temperature 3 °C.

Tonight:

Isolated showers of sleet and snow may feed in across North Sea coastal areas this evening and overnight. Remaining dry further inland. Severe overnight frost, particularly for rural areas Minimum temperature -3 °C.

Wednesday:

Sunny but cold. A few wintry showers may reach Derbyshire hills, with isolated showers also possible near the east coast where breezy. Severe overnight frost developing, particularly in rural areas. Maximum temperature 3 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Remaining cold with sharp overnight frosts and some further ice and snow. Bright spells Thursday and Friday. Very wet and windy Saturday; risk of persistent rain turning to snow.

After a cold start with increasingly cloudy skies into the weekend conditions turn more to rain, sometimes heavy, with strong winds. On the leading edge of this some brief snowfall is possible, this more likely across parts of northern Scotland. Strong winds and blustery showers, especially in the west close the weekend before a more settled period develops. Late in the month there's still potential for more organised bands of rain and stronger winds, with some wintry conditions possible, though most snow limited to northern hills. Conditions remain uncertain at the turn of the month but increased signals for a resumption or continuance of more settled conditions with temperatures mostly just below average for much of the period.

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 a little below average becoming close to average through the period.