Chipping Ongar (Essex) weather

Headline:

Dry and cold with increasing cloud through the night.

This Evening and Tonight:

A cold start to the evening, especially in the east, with some isolated fog patches likely to form. Cloud increases from the west through the night, some spots of rain in western parts but remaining dry in the east. Minimum temperature -2 °C.

Thursday:

Cloudy throughout with slight and patchy rain in the morning, with moderate to heavy rain spreading east by the end of the afternoon accompanied by strong winds. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Unsettled and often windy through the end of the week and into the weekend with some further rain at times. Temperatures somewhat milder.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Wed 6 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. Potential for a drier spell of weather to develop for a time around mid-month, particularly in the south, with frost and fog more prevalent. Overall, a relatively mild period for the UK, with above average temperatures more likely than not, especially so in the south and west.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Wed 6 Dec 2023

Most likely to be unsettled with further bands of rain crossing the UK with brighter conditions and showers in between. The wettest and windiest conditions are most likely in the west and northwest. The chance of a colder spell of weather, with hazard such as snow and ice, does increase later in December and into the New Year period. However, conditions are more likely to remain generally mild and wet.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Wed 6 Dec 2023