Great Chell (Stoke-on-Trent) weather

Headline:

Cloud spreading from the west brings widespread rain overnight.

This Evening and Tonight:

Cloud continues to thicken from the west through this evening with persistent rain arriving overnight. A few heavier bursts at times, before turning showery by dawn. Increasingly breezy, and mild compared with previous nights. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Saturday:

Overcast and showery, with a few heavier spells at times. Some brighter interludes developing into the afternoon, especially in the east. Warm, rather humid, and breezy. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Remaining unsettled with a mixture of sunshine and showers, these heavy and perhaps thundery at times. Breezy, especially in any showers, and feeling fresher than recent days.

Likely continuing changeable with further frontal systems running east into the UK bringing further spells of rain, with showery interludes in-between. Strong winds may also develop at times, particularly in the north and northwest. With time the signs are that systems will increasingly track to the northwest of the country, with the south starting to see longer, drier interludes while the northwest continues to see more in the way of rain and at times strong winds, Temperatures are expected to be slightly above average overall, but will be cooler in any prolonged periods of rainfall. Meanwhile there is the possibility of some very warm, perhaps hot conditions developing, especially in the south and these bring with them the chance of thunderstorms.

Changeable weather across the UK with a mixture of Atlantic weather systems moving in from the west interspersed with dry and sunny periods. Wetter conditions tending to be across the northwest of the UK, with the south and southeast likely to see more in the way of dry weather, Temperatures are most likely to be near normal or slightly above in the north and west, perhaps with some hot spells at times, especially across the south.