Ellesmere Port (Cheshire West and Chester) weather

Headline:

Bright start, but turning cloudy with rain arriving later.

Today:

A dry and bright start on Monday but skies will cloud over from the west by late morning. Outbreaks of rain arriving from early afternoon, becoming locally heavy and persistent over the hills of Cumbria. Strengthening southwesterly winds. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Tonight:

Further outbreaks of rain tonight, turning heavy over the hills. Rain will turn lighter and patchier towards dawn. Gusty southwesterly winds. Minimum temperature 9 °C.

Tuesday:

Cloudy with further outbreaks of light rain and drizzle at first, skies gradually brightening with sunny spells developing. Slightly warmer than recent days. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Settled on Wednesday with plenty of hazy sunshine. Turning cloudier from the south later with a risk of thunderstorms overnight, remaining warm and changeable for the rest of the week.

The start of this period is likely to be quite unsettled but also widely warm or very warm and humid, perhaps locally hot in parts of the south and east. Some rain or showers and thunderstorms are likely to affect most parts but there will also be some sunshine. Later in the weekend and into the start of the following week, most parts will become drier but also cooler and fresher. Another brief spell of rain or showers may then affect some parts before high pressure likely builds in more firmly from midweek, and the rest of the following week looks like being mainly dry with variable cloud and some sunshine and mostly warm or very warm. The north may be cloudier with some rain at times though.

High pressure looks like being largely dominant at first, maintaining plenty of mainly dry and warm weather, but with variable cloud amounts. However, although details are uncertain, late June and early July looks like becoming more changeable, with spells of rain or showers probable at times, some of which could be heavy and thundery. Temperatures are likely to be a little above average overall, with brief hot spells possible, these perhaps more likely early in the period.