Good morning. A wet rush-hour with outbreaks of heavy rain for much of Essex. Rain perhaps turning to wet snow in places as it clears through the morning. A cold day with highs of 4C.
Good morning. Dry and sunny throughout Wednesday with brisk north-westerly winds making it feel very cold. Highs this afternoon only a few degrees above freezing. Widespread frost soon developing again this evening with overnight lows of -5C.
Storm Bert brings further outbreaks of rain and strong winds this afternoon. Risk of gales along the Essex Coast for a time this evening. Noticeably milder with highs of 14C.
Good morning. A very windy day on Sunday with gusts up to 60mph along coastal districts. Some sunshine along with showers this afternoon. Heavier rain pushing southwards to affect all parts overnight. Highs of 16C.
Rain arriving overnight, heaviest and most prolonged across southern and eastern parts of Essex. Widespread totals of 10-15mm likely (locally up to 25mm) with some flooding possible for Wednesday mornings rush-hour. There is also a low risk of strong winds as the rain clears.
Storm Conall now affecting Essex with several hours of heavy rain ahead. Winds strengthening too, but we should avoid any impacts as the worst gusts are expected across the North Sea and into the low countries.
Heaviest of the rain is now arriving across our area. A very wet rush-hour with plenty of surface water on the roads.
Southern and eastern parts of Essex are still likely to see the most significant rainfall totals before Storm Conall clears later this morning.
Wet and windy conditions developing overnight into Thursday. Much of Essex seeing 5-10mm of rain and gusts up to 40mph during the early hours.
Potential for another named storm on Friday and Saturday. More details tomorrow as confidence increases.
Storm Darragh has been named and will bring widespread gales on Saturday and Sunday across Essex. Gusts of 55-60mph are likely for an extended period of time accompanied by several bands of heavy rain.
Good morning. Strong winds associated with Storm Darragh continue throughout Saturday across the whole of Essex with damaging gusts possible.
Outbreaks of rain arriving from the north shortly, turning heavy in places, and only slowly clearing this afternoon.
Good morning and Happy New Year. Heavy rain passing through later this morning accompanied by the peak of the winds. Turning colder this evening and overnight with scattered wintry showers and ground frost in places.
Squall line arriving from the south and west affecting many parts of Essex shortly. A spell of heavy rain and strong wind gusts of 50-55 mph possible. Further rain follows on behind before clearing mid afternoon.
Warnings of snow have been issued by the @MetOffice for Essex this weekend. A lot of uncertainties remain on this and other potential snowfall events next week.
A short spell of snow expected across much of Essex between 8PM and midnight. Temporary accumulations are possible before temperatures rise during the early hours of Sunday.
@MetOffice warnings in force until tomorrow: weather.metoffice.gov.uk/warnings-and-a…
Snow pushing northwards through the county over the next few hours before turning back to rain. Temporary accumulations are possible, mostly higher ground.
Good morning. Rain slowly clearing today allowing some late brightness. Turning colder through the day and becoming frosty overnight with widespread ice into Tuesday.
Week ahead: Cold with plenty of dry and bright conditions across Essex. Widespread overnight frost with minimum temperatures well below freezing. Perhaps less cold over the weekend and into next week.
Storm Éowyn will bring wet and windy conditions to our area on Friday. Essex will escape the worse, with the biggest impacts across Western Scotland and Ireland.
Areas of low pressure over the weekend and next week need watching with further warnings likely.
Storm Herminia will bring wet and windy conditions to Essex from later this morning. South-easterly gusts up to 55 mph likely between 13:00 and 17:00.
@MetOffice weather warnings in force during Monday and Tuesday: weather.metoffice.gov.uk/warnings-and-a…