Dorchester (Dorset) weather

Headline:

Dry with plenty of warm sunshine. Light winds.

Today:

Early mist and low cloud will soon lift and burn away to give another fine and dry day with plenty of sunny spells. Feeling warm in the sunshine with light winds and high UV levels. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Tonight:

A fine end to the day, with evening sunshine. Staying dry with clear skies overnight. Chance of some low cloud developing by dawn. Locally chilly in rural spots. Light winds. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Monday:

Early cloud will soon clear to give another fine and mostly dry day, with warm sunny spells. Risk of isolated showers, perhaps heavy and thundery in places. Light winds. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Staying largely fine and mostly dry, with warm sunny spells throughout. Chance of showers, perhaps heavy and thundery, Tuesday. Clear skies overnight and turning locally in rural areas. Light winds.

As we head into the bank holiday weekend and following week, a change in weather type is expected. More unsettled conditions are likely to develop, with weather systems moving in from the Atlantic. The change is likely to happen first in the northwest, probably later on Friday or through Saturday. This will see frontal systems bringing spells of rain, perhaps heavy at times, with a risk of strong winds in places, and these conditions will gradually spread across the UK as we go through the weekend. Drier and brighter intervals are likely between systems but with showers, some of which could be heavy / thundery. Temperatures will probably be close to average, perhaps slightly above at times, but will feel fairly cool in the often strong winds.

Changeable weather conditions are expected as we head into June. Spells of wet weather with showers or longer spells of rain are likely to be interspersed with drier, sunnier periods. Overall, it will likely be wetter in the west and drier in the east. Temperatures will probably average out around normal, although some very warm or even hot spells are still possible, as normal for the time of year.