Dimsdale (Staffordshire) weather

Headline:

Widespread fog overnight, before turning unsettled tomorrow.

This Evening and Tonight:

Remaining dry this evening, though light winds and clear skies will allow fog to form overnight, this becoming dense in places by dawn. A chilly night with frost patches possible beneath clear skies before skies turn widely cloudy by dawn. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Wednesday:

Fog slowly clears as winds strengthen through the morning. Conditions turning increasingly unsettled as a rain band pushes eastwards, bringing widespread and perhaps heavy downpours, with travel disruption likely. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Staying unsettled on Thursday with further heavy and disruptive rainfall. Friday brings a drier and brighter day, before another rain band moves in on Saturday. Often breezy.

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.