Bishop Auckland (Durham) weather

Headline:

A brighter day on Sunday but remaining windy.

Today:

Outbreaks of rain, sometimes heavy, clearing eastwards through the morning. Brighter and largely dry conditions follow, with a chance of isolated showers over the hills. Temperatures will be near average. Staying windy with gales over the highest ground. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Tonight:

Dry at first with with variable amounts of cloud. A band of locally heavy showers will cross the area either side of midnight. Clear spells later with a slight frost. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Monday:

Sunny spells and mostly dry further east. Cloudy with showers over the hills. Winds easing a little compared to the weekend. Temperatures slightly below average. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Tuesday; sunny spells and isolated showers, with the wind continuing to ease. Wednesday and Thursday should be mostly dry with some bright spells. Light winds Thursday. Temperatures slightly below 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.