Basildon (Essex) weather

Headline:

Cloudy at first, becoming sunny. Turning colder next week.

Today:

A cloudy start to the day, gradually breaking up through the morning to leave plenty of sunny spells across the region. Light winds and average temperatures. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Tonight:

A clear start to the night, with cloud gradually spreading south during the early hours. Staying largely dry across the region. Gentle winds. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Saturday:

Cloud and rain clear south during the afternoon to leave drier and clearer skies into the evening. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Becoming colder through this period, with frosts possible Sunday morning, becoming largely dry and bright. Low confidence, likely Turning cloudy with outbreaks of rain Monday and Tuesday with increasing winds.

Cold or very cold conditions are likely to affect most if not all parts of the UK early in this period, with wintry showers affecting in particular northern parts and exposed coastal districts. Overnight frost will likely be widespread and occasionally strong winds will result in significant wind chill. However, there may be more organised areas of rain and snow, accompanied by strong winds, which run across some parts. This could lead to some disruptive weather at times, especially at the start of this period. Briefly milder conditions may accompany these in the south. There is a hint that it may become less cold late in the period, but still likely remain mostly unsettled with further spells of rain and snow.

Signals vary in prevailing weather patterns through this period. 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 a chance of more changeable weather patterns at times, 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 trending closer to average, especially in the south.