South Downs Way : Winchester to Eastbourne Bike Ride

Regional weather (Met Office)

Updated: Fri, 27-Dec at 17:38

South East England

Staying rather murky and drizzly. Mist and fog forming overnight.

• Staying largely overcast with further patchy drizzle
• Areas of mist and fog readily reforming this evening and overnight
• Temperatures falling away where any clearer spells develop, with perhaps a touch of frost in places by dawn
• Winds remaining light
• Minimum Temperature 1C

Saturday:

• Another dull and cloudy day with patchy drizzle and slowly clearing mist and fog
• A band of cloud moves southwards overnight, perhaps bringing some patchy light rain around dawn
• Maximum Temperature 8C

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

• Cloud clearing to sunny spells Sunday
• Windier Monday with variable cloud and a few further bright spells
• Increasingly cloudy and windy Tuesday with patchy rain and drizzle turning persistent overnight

UK Day 6-7 and week 2

• The first of January will see any rain across the UK eventually clearing southeast, followed by cold air as a northerly wind develops
• Showers of rain and sleet will turn increasingly to snow, especially across the north
• This cold, showery northerly may persist for a few days before high pressure builds from the west, bringing a period of more settled weather
• Although it will feel cold at first, temperatures will gradually recover to nearer average for the time of year, perhaps even mild
• Beyond this, a fairly changeable picture is most likely although confidence in details is, as usual at this range, very low
• Wettest and windiest weather in the north and west, whilst the south and east will probably remain more settled overall

UK Week 3 and 4

• A few sleet or snow showers are possible at first, mainly across eastern parts of England and Scotland
• Any showers will ease as high pressure builds across the UK from the west
• This will bring generally settled conditions, and variable cloud amounts could lead to frost and fog developing where skies clear at night, potentially lingering for much of the day in some places
• High pressure may continue to hold on across the south through most of January, but showers are still possible around southern and eastern coasts if the wind is from offshore
• Further north and west it is possible that strong wind, rain and snow may return if unsettled conditions in the Atlantic start to make inroads towards the UK

Weather data by Met Office

South East weather (Accuweather)