Purton (Wiltshire) weather

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A cold, frosty start then a bright day for many.

Today:

After a cold, frosty start, any early mist and fog will clear through the morning leaving a generally bright day with some clearer spells to the south, then staying cloudy through most of the afternoon. Light winds and average temperatures. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Tonight:

A cloudy evening but perhaps some isolated spots of frost or fog in any clearer spells. Cloud thickening overnight from the north. Winds staying light. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Sunday:

A dry albeit often rather cloudy day for many with cloud thickening from the north with patchy rain and drizzle possible, mainly over hills. Average temperatures for time of year. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Overnight rain clearing early on Monday, with sunny spells developing. Rain on Tuesday but turning brighter later with the risk of showers. Dry and bright on Wednesday. Temperatures around average.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Sat 28 Jan 2023

On Wednesday, unsettled and windy conditions in the north with showers or longer spells of rain, heaviest and most persistent in the west. Conditions likely drier and less windy further south. Towards the end of the week, these conditions likely to continue with perhaps the risk for winter showers in the northeast. Thereafter, high pressure centred to the south, with low pressure passing to the north. This will result in fronts bringing rain and cloud mainly to the north and northwest, with southern areas also likely to see some lighter rain at times, but greater potential for drier weather overall, lighter winds and overnight fog patches. Temperatures generally around to a little above average, but a continuing risk of some overnight frost, especially in the south.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Fri 27 Jan 2023

The general theme for this period is that the high pressure will remain centred to the south with further areas of low pressure running to the north, but with some uncertainty in this north/south boundary. For a time, the influence of the high may reduce, allowing the frontal systems from the north to push further south at times. This frontal activity and associated changeable weather is likely to bring rainfall, sometimes heavy to move areas of the UK. Otherwise, southern areas probably seeing more in the way of drier weather, lighter winds, and overnight fog. Temperatures are likely to be at or slightly above average, although brief colder spells remain possible.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Fri 27 Jan 2023