Harwich (Essex) weather

Headline:

Wintry showers near some coasts, dry inland. Cold.

Today:

Wednesday seeing plenty of sunshine but feeling cold across the region. Brisk northwesterly winds will carry coastal wintry showers across some eastern counties. Dry further inland. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Tonight:

A very cold night with a penetrating overnight frost developing, particularly in rural areas. Winds decreasing mostly light but brisker near the coast. Minimum temperature -5 °C.

Thursday:

Thursday looks set to be a fine day with plenty of sunshine but remaining cold and frost will persist in shelter. Lighter winds away from coasts. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Friday probably cloudier with some brightness and mainly dry if cold. A milder and mainly cloudy weekend with some heavy rain at times. Very windy with gales, mainly affecting coasts.

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.