Smallthorne (Stoke-on-Trent) weather

Headline:

Mostly cloudy today with showers possible, rain overnight, clearing tomorrow.

Today:

This morning, mist and fog patches around for some, lifting through the morning to allow for sunny spells. Light scattered showers developing later, further north. Light and variable winds. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Tonight:

A few showers around in the north this evening. Becoming cloudier overnight with outbreaks of rain which will become more persistent by dawn. Minimum temperature 11 °C.

Wednesday:

A wet morning with plenty of cloud around to start, brightening up by the afternoon with a few light showers possible further west. Feeling cooler with a northwesterly breeze. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

On Thursday a dry, sunny, but chilly start, before cloud and rain moves in overnight. Feeling milder Friday, with rain clearing to showers behind, continuing into Saturday with sunny intervals.

It will likely be quite changeable through the middle of October, as a series of low pressure systems run across the North Atlantic, often to the north and northwest of the UK, bringing occasional bands of rain and strong winds, but interspersed with brighter and more showery conditions. Rain will be most prevalent across hills in the west and especially northwest, where above average rainfall is likely through this period. Longer drier interludes are more favoured in sheltered southern and eastern parts, but even here it is likely to be wetter than during recent weeks. Whilst brief cooler interludes are possible, temperatures are likely to be a little above average in many areas for the period as a whole.

The remainder of October and into early November will probably maintain a changeable pattern overall, with areas of low pressure often passing close to the UK from the North Atlantic, interspersed by occasional but short-lived ridges of high pressure. This regime will bring showers or longer spells of rain at times, with the wettest and windiest weather typically in the west and northwest, driest conditions more favoured in sheltered southern and eastern parts. Whilst some occasional colder interludes will be possible at times, temperatures are likely to be near or a little above average for the period as a whole.