Ford (Plymouth) weather

Headline:

Cloudy, sunny spells in the east, possible showers elsewhere.

Today:

Another breezy day for some western areas, and locally windy across Cornwall, with a chance of heavy, perhaps thundery showers later. Elsewhere, hazy sunny periods are expected. It will feel warm in the sunshine. Maximum temperature 24 °C.

Tonight:

Remaining dry with clear spells in the east, but cloudier across Devon and Cornwall with a risk of an isolated shower, perhaps with the odd rumble of thunder. Minimum temperature 12 °C.

Tuesday:

A continued risk of showers on Tuesday, these locally heavy, but for many it will be a cloudy day with sunny spells. Feeling warm in the sunshine. Maximum temperature 24 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Remaining dry and settled for the rest of the week with a mixture of cloud and sunny periods. Lower temperatures than of late but feeling warm in any sunshine.

High pressure is likely to be the dominant feature at first bringing widely fine and dry weather whilst a generally northerly flow leads to rather cool conditions. This will be increasingly eroded from the west as frontal systems start to move in from the Atlantic through the weekend, leading to more changeable conditions. Whilst this is happening a deep area of low pressure is likely to develop in the North Atlantic, linked to Hurricane Erin. This likely progresses towards the UK through the early part of the week. The changeable period will likely continue through the last week of August, especially in the north and west, with a small chance of widely wetter and windier weather developing. The evolution of this is highly uncertain though.

Confidence in the details through this period is low. However, low pressure and therefore unsettled or changeable weather looks more likely. There will be the potential for periods of stronger winds at times as well. Whether this takes the form of further low pressure systems running in from the Atlantic, or a more slowly evolving weather pattern with the potential for heavy showers is less clear. Temperatures are likely to be near to, or slightly above average overall.