A yellow alert – with a risk score of eight – will be in effect across the East of England region, including Essex, from 6pm today (January 17) until 9am on Tuesday (January 21).
Plenty of cloud across the UK this afternoon, with the best of any sunshine across northeast England and northeast Scotland
Dry for many, although western Scotland will continue to see some patchy rain pic.twitter.com/0uA4dqiYiR
— Met Office (@metoffice) January 17, 2025
Health alerts are issued by the UK Health Security Agency, in association with the Met Office, providing an early warning when adverse temperatures are likely to impact on the health and wellbeing of the population.
Ahead of this warning, here is an hour-by-hour weather forecast for south Essex:
Friday (January 17)
6pm – Overcast with temperatures of 5C
7pm – Overcast with temperatures of 4C forecast, wind gusts of 8mph
8pm – Overcast with temperatures of 4C, which feel like 3C, wind gusts of 9mph
9pm – Overcast with temperatures of 4C, which feel like 2C, wind gusts of 10mph
10pm – Overcast with temperatures of 4C, which feel like 2C, wind gusts of 11mph
11pm – Overcast with temperatures of 4C, which feel like 1C, wind gusts of 12mph
Saturday (January 18)
Midnight to 4am – Overcast with temperatures of 3C, which feel like 1C, wind gusts of 12mph
5am to 1pm – Overcast with temperatures of 2C, which feel like 0C, wind gusts of up to 10mph
2pm to 5pm – Overcast with temperatures of 3C, which feel like 0-1C, wind gusts of 12mph
6pm to 11pm – Overcast with temperatures of 2C, which feel like 0C, wind gusts of up to 14mph
Sunday (January 19)
Midnight to 8am – Overcast with temperatures of 2C, which feel like 0C, wind gusts of up to 15mph
9am to 11am – Overcast with temperatures of 2C, which feel like 0C, wind gusts of up to 15mph
12pm to 4pm – Overcast with temperatures of 4C, which feel like up to 3C, wind gusts drop to 11mph
3pm to 5pm – Overcast with temperatures of 4C, which feel like up to 3C, wind gusts drop to 10mph
6pm to 8pm – Overcast with temperatures of 4C, which feel like up to 2C, wind gusts of 10mph
9pm to 11pm – Overcast with temperatures of 3C, which feel like up to 2C, wind gusts drop to 9mph
Monday (January 20)
Midnight to 9am – Overcast with temperatures of 3C, which feel like up to 2C, wind gusts of up to 12mph
10am to 4pm – Overcast with temperatures of up to 5C, which feel like 3C, wind gusts of up to 12mph
3pm to 9pm – Cloudy with temperatures of up to 5C, which feel like 3C, wind gusts of up to 11mph
10pm to midnight – Cloudy with temperatures of 3C, feels like 1C, gusts of 10mph
Tuesday (January 21)
Midnight to 8am – Cloudy with temperatures of 2C, feels like 0C, wind gusts of up to 14mph
9am to 11am – Cloudy with sunny intervals, temperatures of 3C which feel like 0C, wind gusts of up to 14mph
12pm to 4pm – Cloudy with some sunny intervals, temperatures of 5C which feel like 3C, wind gusts of around 14mph
5pm to midnight – Cloudy night with temperatures of 3C, feels like 1C, wind gusts of 14mph