Swanage (Dorset) weather

Headline:

Blustery showers with possible thunderstorms overnight and on Tuesday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Turning cloudier this evening with a few showers breaking out. A band of heavy and locally thundery rain will sweep east across the region overnight, with clear periods and heavy, possibly thundery showers, following later. Windier with occasionally gusty winds. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Tuesday:

Often wet with frequent heavy showers, these thundery with hail in places and perhaps merging to give longer spells of rain at times. Generally blustery, especially in southern coastal regions. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Sunny spells developing on Wednesday with winds easing. Cloudy with showery rain at first on Thursday, then sunnier by the afternoon. Often cloudy on Friday, with occasional brighter spells.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Mon 11 Dec 2023

For most locations more settled weather continues this weekend as high pressure builds close to the southwest of the UK. Though northern and western Scotland likely remaining in a more wet and windy, but exceptionally mild regime. Settled conditions in the south with above average temperatures here too, but cloudy at times with some patchy light rain, mainly near western coasts and over hills. Clearer spells favoured in the south, but these also allowing potential for fog overnight. The following week sees potential for high pressure move further west into the Atlantic central Atlantic, allowing a return to unsettled conditions and typically nearer average temperatures nationwide, with a potential for short-lived colder interludes, when there are periods of north or northwesterly winds.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Mon 11 Dec 2023

Most likely continuing unsettled with bands of rain crossing the UK with brighter conditions and showers in between. The wettest and windiest conditions are most likely in the north and northwest. The chance of a colder spell of weather, with hazards such as snow and ice, does increase later in December and into the New Year period. However, on balance conditions are most likely to remain generally mild and wetter than average.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Mon 11 Dec 2023