Ditchling Beacon (East Sussex) weather

Headline:

Patchy rain and sunny intervals today. Cloudy with rain tonight.

Today:

A cloudy and damp start for many, with patches of rain lingering along the south coast. Brightening from the north, with some hazy sunny spells developing for a time later in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Tonight:

A bright start to the evening away from the south coast. Cloud and slow moving rain will move north overnight, rain perhaps heavy at times. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Saturday:

A cloudy start with outbreaks of rain moving north. Becoming drier and brighter into the afternoon before winds strengthen and further rain arrives from the south overnight. Mild. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

A spell of heavy rain initially Sunday, replaced by sunny spells later. Breezy Monday, but largely dry with sunny intervals. Sunny spells and scattered showers or rain Tuesday. Increasingly mild.

Updated: 05:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 26 Apr 2024

The period is likely to start with areas of organised rain and/or showers in the west, and largely dry conditions in the east although a scattering of showers developing by day. As the week progresses thes more organised areas of rain and showers are likely to slide southeast to affect southern parts of the UK, with drier weather in northern, especially northwestern UK Winds will gradually turn from southerly to easterly, with a chance of rain or even thundery showers for a time in the east and southeast. Temperatures likely to trend upwards, with the chance of a warm to very warm spell in some southern and eastern parts, before conditions probably turn gradually drier, cooler and more settled from the west towards the end of the period.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 25 Apr 2024

In this period, the chances of unsettled weather are slightly less than usual in the north and about the same as usual further south. Therefore, some spells of wetter weather are likely for all, but perhaps especially southern areas with the driest conditions probably further north. Temperatures probably near average though with some cooler interludes possible. Also worth noting that average temperatures themselves rise by around 1C per week at this time of year.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 25 Apr 2024