Whickham (Gateshead) weather

Headline:

Cold with sunny spells Thursday. Snow showers possible later.

Today:

Cold and dry with lengthy sunny spells for much of the day. More cloudy later, with a chance of snow showers, mainly across the Pennines. Some icy stretches possible with any showers. Feeling increasingly cold in a strengthening wind. Maximum temperature 3 °C.

Tonight:

Any evening snow showers moving away southwards with clear spells developing. Further wintry showers possible in coastal areas overnight. Windy and cold, with icy stretches likely where showers have occurred. Minimum temperature -3 °C.

Friday:

Cold and mostly dry with sunny spells. Coastal wintry showers are likely through the morning before moving offshore. Perhaps isolated snow showers over the Pennines later. Wind easing. Maximum temperature 3 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Becoming very windy Saturday with snow, turning to rain later with much milder air arriving. Windy and mild Sunday with rain then showers. Cooler and windy Monday with 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.