Rock Ferry (Merseyside) weather

Headline:

Drier and more settled overnight.

This Evening and Tonight:

This afternoon's showers will gradually fade away through this evening, allowing clearer skies to develop overnight. Winds becoming lighter, allowing some patchy fog and low cloud to form in rural spots by dawn. Feeling fresher than of late. Minimum temperature 11 °C.

Wednesday:

Mainly dry and bright with morning cloud thinning and breaking, leaving sunshine for many. A few showers may develop in places, particularly over higher ground. Feeling warm in the sunshine. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Remaining warm with sunny spells and a scattering of showers on Thursday and Friday. Cooler on Saturday with heavy showers arriving from the south, bringing a risk of thunder.

Overall a rather more changeable pattern of weather through this period, compared to much of the summer thus far. The first couple of days could well be particularly unsettled with heavy rain and/or thunderstorms in many areas. Into the following week, a general westerly type set-up looks to become established, with occasional weather systems moving in from the Atlantic. This means further rain or showers and breezy conditions at times, interspersed with some drier, sunnier periods. Temperatures are expected to average out above normal and whilst brief hotter and humid days are possible, the chance of prolonged heat is lower than during the last few weeks. This broad pattern is likely to continue towards the end of July.

The end of July and first part of August will probably see a continuation of similar weather to the previous week or so - this being generally rather changeable with spells of rain or showers mixed in with some drier, brighter days. Towards mid-August, there are tentative signs that high pressure may become rather more dominant, which would bring more in the way dry, settled weather more widely. Temperatures are expected to continue to run above average overall, with a greater likelihood, compared to the preceding couple of weeks, of very warm or hot spells to develop by mid-August, especially further south and east.