IS cold weather on the cards as we head deeper into December?

After a dry and settled weekend of weather, this week we will see some rain and strong winds.

A yellow weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for gusts of 50mph across Dorset on Tuesday.

According to the Met Office forecast, we will also see heavy rain for most of the day on Tuesday.

Between Wednesday and Friday, conditions will be drier with a chance of some sunny spells on Thursday.

Here’s your day-by-day forecast for this week in Dorset.

If any further weather warnings are issued, we will of course keep you updated.

Monday, December 6: 9°C / heavy rain between 11am and 1pm with sunshine and showers for the rest of the afternoon

Tuesday, December 7: 10°C / heavy rain throughout the day with partly cloudy conditions in the evening

Wednesday, December 8: 8°C / partly cloudy during the day

Thursday, December 9: 9°C / clear changing to cloudy in the afternoon

Friday, December 10: 8°C/ Cloudy throughout the day

Saturday, December 11: 12°C / Light rain changing to overcast by lunchtime