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Weather forecast: East MidlandsHeadline:Rather cold, some sunny intervals. Wintry showers. Frosty tonight. Today:A few bright or sunny intervals today but turning cloudy at times and staying rather cold with a few rain or sleet showers, falling as snow over hills. Chilly westerly winds. Maximum temperature 6 °C. Tonight:Some showers persisting near coasts, otherwise becoming dry. Turning frosty later where cloud clears, with a risk of ice on untreated surfaces. Minimum temperature -1 °C. Saturday:Isolated showers near coasts otherwise a dry and often sunny day with light winds. Becoming frosty during the evening. Maximum temperature 6 °C. Updated: 0300 on Fri 5 Dec 2008 Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:Cold, sunny on Sunday, frosty at first. Early frost Sunday night, clouding up later. Rain for a time Monday, clearing later, then windy with sunny spells and scattered showers Tuesday. Updated: 0300 on Fri 5 Dec 2008 UK Outlook for Tuesday 9 Dec 2008 to Thursday 18 Dec 2008:Initially it will be cold with a mixture of sunny spells and scattered wintry showers, the showers confined mainly to northern and eastern areas. It will also be windy at times with gales likely on eastern coasts. Then on Thursday showers will become confined to southern areas, with the north becoming dry, albeit with overnight mist and fog patches. Then from Friday through the weekend and into the following week it looks likely to be generally unsettled with rain or showers at times, along with some drier spells. The showers will be wintry at times over northern hills. The best of the drier, brighter weather will be found in the south and east, where there will also be frost and fog patches. Updated: 1247 on Thu 4 Dec 2008 Seasonal forecasting:Seasonal forecasting is a developing area of meteorology and, although these forecasts are not as accurate as our short-term forecasts, they do demonstrate some skill in predicting what may happen for a season (a three-month period) ahead. The forecasts provide an estimation of broad trends in temperature and rainfall and will normally be expressed in probabilistic terms, with the more likely outcome highlighted. Information contained in these forecasts can allow business to plan ahead for weather that is forecast to be different from normal. Winter 2008/9 - Issued: Thu 25 Sep 2008 Autumn 2008 - Updated: Wed 24 Sep 2008 Summer 2008 - forecast for the remainder of summer Updated: Wed 30 Jul 2008 Spring 2008 - forecast appraisal Updated: Wed 6 Aug 2008 |
