Skirlaugh weather

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Sunshine and showers on Wednesday. Cloudy with rain on Thursday.

Today:

Windy and feeling cold on Wednesday, with plenty of sunshine but a few showers, especially over the hills where wintry. Showers perhaps merging into longer spells of rain for a time in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Tonight:

Any showers will die away during the evening followed by largely clear skies and lighter winds overnight, leading to a frost, mainly in rural areas. Minimum temperature -2 °C.

Thursday:

Bright or sunny start. Becoming increasingly cloudy and locally windy ahead of a band of rain and hill snow, heavy at times, spreading northeastwards during the evening. A cold day. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Remaining unsettled and often windy with spells of rain and showers through the period, wintry over hills. Gales likely in places on Saturday and Sunday. Rather cold throughout.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Wed 11 Dec 2019

Sunday looks likely to be unsettled with sunshine and blustery showers, wintry over northern hills, perhaps with more persistent rain in places. Early next week it may become less windy generally with some longer drier, brighter spells and local night frost. However it will probably turn generally more unsettled and milder again by mid week as further bands of rain and strong winds sweep northeast across all areas. Most of the rain is likely in the west with drier spells more likely in the east and southeast. Although it looks as if these unsettled conditions will dominate for the rest of the period there is a small chance that things could become drier and colder generally, particularly away from the northwest, with an increased risk of both frost and fog.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Wed 11 Dec 2019

Confidence is low throughout this period. Changeable and sometimes windy conditions seem more likely through late December, with the wetter weather in the west and longer drier spells in the east. By the time we go into January, longer spells of more widely dry, quiet and bright weather are possible, especially for southern and central areas, with the northwest more likely to remain unsettled. Temperatures should be near to or somewhat above average overall, but with the usual day to day variations. However in quieter spells, it is likely to be colder generally, with an increased risk of frost and fog.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Wed 11 Dec 2019