Blencathra Field Studies Centre (Cumbria) weather

Headline:

Turning fresher into the new week.

Today:

Temperatures a degree or two lower today, though still widely very warm and dry with sunny spells and light winds. Perhaps a little more cloud developing through the afternoon, though staying dry. Maximum temperature 29 °C.

Tonight:

Increasingly cloudy overnight with a chance of a few showers during the early hours, these perhaps heavy and thundery in places. Still feeling rather warm and muggy. Minimum temperature 16 °C.

Monday:

A cloudier start to the new week, with bands of heavy and perhaps thundery showers spreading northeastwards. Some drier and brighter interludes possible. Increasingly breezy and feeling a little fresher. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Remaining rather changeable with spells of rain or showers, these sometimes turning heavy and thundery. Temperatures briefly dropping back closer to the seasonal average by mid-week.

Weather conditions are expected to be changeable across the UK during this forecast period. Periods of fine and dry weather are expected at times. These settled spells could persist for several days at a time and are likely to be accompanied by plenty of sunshine. Interspersed with this will be cloudier, more unsettled intervals which will bring some showers or longer spells of persistent rainfall. Some of the rainfall is likely to be heavy in places, with a risk thunderstorms at times as well. Temperatures are expected to be above normal for the majority of the UK throughout this period. Some hot conditions are likely to develop at times, particularly in southern and eastern areas of the UK.

Conditions are expected to remain changeable across the UK during this period. Periods of fine and dry weather will be interspersed with more unsettled intervals bringing showers or longer spells of rain, these heavy at times. Temperatures are expected to be above normal and it could be hot at times in parts of the south and east.