Forde Abbey (Dorset) weather

Headline:

Showery to start with sunny intervals this afternoon.

Today:

Occasional showers, especially in the morning, these turning locally heavy at times. Cloud gradually breaking through to give sunny spells, especially in the west by the afternoon. Winds easing, and still feeling chilly. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Tonight:

Clear spells and some patchy cloud overnight with frost and fog patches forming under clear skies. A slight breeze developing around far western coasts of Cornwall by morning. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Wednesday:

Any frost and fog patches will clear this morning, to leave some sunshine. Turning cloudier this afternoon, then wet and windy from the west later. Turning milder through the day. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Patchy frost and fog clearing on Wednesday leaving some sunshine. Rain, sometimes heavy, then gradually arriving from the southwest. Generally milder, wetter and much windier to end the week.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Tue 5 Dec 2023

This period is likely to often be unsettled with areas of low pressure tracking northeastwards close to or over the UK. This means bands of rain moving in from the west or southwest, interspersed with brighter showery conditions. As such, the wettest weather is likely to be across western high ground, though all parts could see some heavy rain at times. There is a greater than normal likelihood of periods of very windy weather too. A generally relatively mild period for the UK, with above average temperatures more likely than not, especially so in the south and west. However there does still remain the potential for short-lived colder interludes bringing the chance of overnight frost, these more likely to affect northern areas.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Mon 4 Dec 2023

Conditions are most likely to be changeable through this period. Wetter and windier than average conditions are slightly more likely than normal, especially in the west and northwest. Temperatures are most likely to be near or above average overall, especially in the south and west. It is possible that there will be further colder interludes, but these likely to be short lived at first. Perhaps a greater chance of a longer cold spell later in the period.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Mon 4 Dec 2023