Alton Towers Leisure Park (Staffordshire) weather

Headline:

Mostly dry with warm sunny spells developing.

Today:

Patchy cloud and rain at first quickly clearing east this morning to leave a mostly fine day with plenty of warm sunny spells. Perhaps the odd shower developing later. Feeling fresher than in recent days. Maximum temperature 24 °C.

Tonight:

It will be a fine evening with a dry night to follow. Winds remaining light with plenty of clear spells. Feeling fresher than of late. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Thursday:

Thursday will be a fine day with plenty of warm sunny spells for all. A little fair weather cloud developing and winds remaining light. Maximum temperature 22 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Mostly dry on Friday, but turning cloudier and breezier later. Spells of rain or showers over the weekend and rather breezy on Saturday. Temperatures near the seasonal norm.

Cloud and rain associated with an Atlantic frontal system and area of low pressure is likely to sweep south and east, with rain always most persistent on western hills, especially western Scotland where large rainfall totals may have built up by this time. Eastern areas in shelter could see warm and humid brighter breaks, but with a risk of thundery showers, which could be slow moving at first. Likely turning cooler and more showery into next week, followed by a changeable pattern with further areas of cloud and rain and brighter, more settled spells in-between. Temperatures are likely to be around average overall, with an increasing chance of warmth in the south as the period progresses.

Changeable conditions with a predominantly northwest to southeast split in temperature and rainfall, and the potential for further occasional episodes of hot weather and thundery outbreaks, are considered likely to gradually give way to something more settled and dry overall through the second half of July. Temperatures are likely to be above average, with the greatest chance of very warm or hot spells in the south or southeast.