Hampshire C.C.C. (Hampshire) weather

Headline:

Fog and frost cleared by freshening wind, rain later.

Today:

Foggy and frosty start for most on Wednesday before freshening winds and increasing cloud cover through the morning allow fog and frost to slowly clear. A chance of rain into the afternoon. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy with the odd outbreak at rain, before a band of rain moves east during the late evening with heavy outbreaks at times. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Thursday:

Cloudy and wet with strong winds for much of Thursday. Rain will be heavy at times before wind and rain easing during the evening. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Drier but breezy on Friday. Saturday similar but probably clouding over with chance of evening rain arriving. Sunday, mostly cloudy with rain at times. Temperatures near normal.

Showers or longer spells of rain are likely to continue at first for many parts of the country, perhaps heavy at times, but gradually over the weekend the weather is expected to become more settled. Scotland and Northern Ireland are likely to see this change first, with spells of rain perhaps slower to clear further across the south. Into the following week, high pressure is expected to become more widely established. Winds will be light and clearer skies are likely, however this does not rule out the odd shower, especially around coasts. High pressure and settled weather will result in temperatures falling to closer to average, with overnight frosts and morning fog which could be slow to clear.

High pressure will probably remain influential across the UK during this period. This means an increasing likelihood of dry weather compared to the winter so far. Despite the greater signal for settled weather, showers or occasional bands of rain are still possible at times, especially later in the period towards January. These could be wintry in nature. Temperatures are expected to be close to normal for the time of year.