Witney (Oxfordshire) weather

Headline:

Cloudy and windy with heavy rain in the west.

Today:

Rain, often heavy, will only slowly spread east through the day. Though Sussex and Kent in particular may stay dry. Windy everywhere, with gales along the south coast, perhaps locally severe. Very mild. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Tonight:

Periods of heavy rain slowly easing from the northwest later in the night with most parts west of London dry by dawn. Winds easing overnight but staying very mild. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Monday:

Early rain clearing the east leaving sunny spells and mainly dry weather with lighter winds. Perhaps an isolated shower in the west. Temperatures generally close to average. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Cloudy with rain at times on Tuesday. Wednesday wet and windy weather is likely to arrive. Thursday dry and fine, light winds. Temperatures generally close to average.

Probably a quieter interlude to start this period for much of the UK as high pressure builds across the north with a return of night frosts. The high is likely to migrate eastwards during the second half of next week, potentially allowing some outbreaks of rain to move into some some western and northwestern areas along with some stronger winds, these probably edging into other parts of the UK by next weekend, although the east and southeast may hang on to drier conditions throughout. Into December, and while signals are mixed it looks most likely that high pressure may re-assert itself close to or over the UK, with temperatures generally near average, but some overnight frost is likely, and rather cold by day where any fog persists.

The start of this period looks like being largely settled, with high pressure close to if not over the UK. However as we move further into December there are signs that it will become less settled with west or northwesterly types preferred, These will bring some wetter and windier interludes with a risk of some snow, especially for hills in the north. These conditions look more likely to dominate towards the middle of December. Temperatures generally close to average through the period.