Temperatures will fall as low as -3C overnight
Some light snow is predicted. Pictured is a file photo of a walker at Highfields Park in November, 2024(Image: Joseph Raynor/ Reach PLC)
Snow could fall over Nottingham tonight as one forecaster has predicted wintry showers could develop in just hours.
While today (Sunday, January 4) will remain largely sunny throughout the afternoon, BBC Weather has predicted the evening will turn cloudier, with some light snow falling over the city.
Temperatures will be as low as -3C overnight, with an amber cold health alert from the UK Health Security Agency and a yellow weather warning for ice and snow from the Met Office in place.
Forecasts are, of course, just predictions based on various atmospheric data, which is then used in complex equations which can tell how the weather is likely to evolve.
This can lead to different forecasts, which would explain why, despite the BBC Weather predicted snow showers, the evening and night could yet remain dry in Nottingham.
The Met Office has not currently predicted any snow for Nottingham tonight, with a partially cloudy evening on the cards according to the latest forecast.
But BBC Weather states: “This afternoon will stay largely dry with plenty of winter sunshine. It will turn cloudier through the evening with some snow showers moving in from the north-west.
“This evening and the early part of the night will see a few snow showers lingering around. It will turn drier in the early hours with clear skies developing.”
Tomorrow (Monday, January 5) will be dry and cold and with plenty of sunshine, according to the BBC, while Tuesday to Thursday will see some more wintry showers moving in in the evening.
Below is an hour-by-hour forecast for Nottingham for Sunday, January 4, provided by BBC Weather:
- 12pm – sunny, 0C, no precipitations
- 1pm – sunny, 1C, no precipitations
- 2pm – sunny, 1C, no precipitations
- 3pm – sunny intervals, 1C, no precipitations
- 4pm – sunny intervals, 0C, no precipitations
- 5pm – partly cloudy, -1C, no precipitations
- 6pm – partly cloudy, -1C, low chance of precipitation
- 7pm – light cloud, -1C, low chance of precipitations
- 8pm – partly cloudy, -1C, light snow showers
- 9pm – partly cloudy, -1C, light snow showers
- 10pm – partly cloudy, -2C, light snow showers
- 11pm – light cloud, -2C, no chance of precipitation
- 12am – partly cloudy, -3C, no chance of precipitation