Issued: 0800 Tuesday 23rd November 2020
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Turning cooler with increasing mist and fog

Turning colder through the middle to later stages of the week. There will be periods of rain in the next day or so, before becoming drier and misty with fog being widespread. Overnight frosts are likely to occur later in the week too. The mist and fog risk continues into the weekend and next week and temperatures will be remaining chilly.

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Thursday 26/11/20
A ridge of high pressure through the UK and Ireland on Thursday. A morning frost in sheltered areas. There may be morning mist and fog which could be slow to clear. Where it does there will be broken cloud and a few bright or sunny spells, although amounts of sunshine are uncertain at present. There may be some cloud in the far southeast of England, perhaps with some drizzle here. Highs at just 4 or 5C in Scotland, 10C in southeast England, widely 6 to 8C.

Friday 27/11/20
High pressure remains over the UK on Friday, centred to the east. There may be a morning frost with mist and fog for many. A rather murky day across many parts of England and Wales. There is a risk of drizzle and light rain in East Anglia central and southern England. A few bright spells developing here and there. Highs at 10C in the far southeast, more widely 5 to 8C.

Saturday 28/11/20
High pressure to the east with an east to southeast flow. There will be quite a lot of mist and low cloud with some drizzle in places. Some brighter spells as well, the best in the far south and southeast. An area of more persistent, but mostly light rain affecting western Scotland and parts of Ireland. Tops at 11C in southeast England, more widely 6 to 8C.

Sunday 29/11/20
A weak front lies north to south through the country. This brings some patchy rain and drizzle, probably over northern England, the Midlands, Wales and the southwest. Lots of low cloud and misty conditions again.Possibly brighter in western Scotland and Ireland. Highs at 6 to 8C.

Monday 30/11/20
Higher pressure stays over the UK and Ireland on Monday. There may be some mist and fog, this lasting in some areas through the day. Lower cloud and the risk of some drizzle in the far south of England. Rain in northern and western Scotland as well as northwest Ireland. Highs at 5 to 8C.

Tuesday 1/12/20
High pressure stays in the far south of the country through Tuesday. This allows for more mist and fog to the south. Breezier further north with low pressure north of Scotland. This may bring gales into Scotland with rain, some of it heavy here as wel as into Northern Ireland. Highs at 5 to 10C.