Aston (West Midlands Conurbation) weather

Headline:

Turning drier and warmer during the week ahead.

Today:

Sunday will start cloudy with some showery rain, locally heavy. Skies should brighten a little at times during the day, but on the whole it is likely to stay fairly cloudy with the odd shower continuing to break out. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Tonight:

There will be a lot of dry weather with some bright spells during the evening. The cloud is likely to thicken overnight though, allowing further showers to develop. Minimum temperature 12 °C.

Monday:

Apart from an isolated light shower at first the new working week promises to start fine. It will remain a little breezy, though feeling pleasant in the sunshine that appears. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

A ridge of high pressure will gradually build in from the southwest during the Tuesday to Thursday period. Staying dry with some clear or sunny spells, and warming up too.

A broad northwest/southeast split in the weather looks most likely through much of this period. Towards the northwest, Atlantic frontal systems will bring occasional rain and cloudier skies at times, along with breezier conditions, though there should be some drier, brighter interludes too. Further south and east, high pressure will likely dominate with a fair amount of dry and sunny weather to be had. With this, there is a signal for increasing heat and humidity and the potential for another period of hot weather to develop by the second weekend of July, probably lasting into the start of the following week. Given the anticipated high temperatures, the chance of thunderstorms also increases, though widespread rainfall across southern areas looks unlikely.

A continuation of the broad themes from earlier in the month at first, with high pressure probably dominating the south and lower pressure more favoured to affect the north and northwest. Temperatures are likely to end up above average overall with a continued, and perhaps higher than normal, chance of occasional hot spells or heatwaves, especially further to the southeast. However, by the turn of the month, there is a signal for perhaps more widely unsettled weather to develop, though the details of this are rather uncertain.