Leyland (Lancashire) weather

Headline:

Drier than Saturday with scattered showers and sunny spells.

Today:

A drier day than on Saturday with all areas seeing some sunshine at times. Scattered, perhaps heavy, showers are likely, with the occasional rumble of thunder, but some places will remain dry. Breezy but feeling a little warmer. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Tonight:

Showers mostly fading during the evening, some may linger into the early hours. Clear spells developing overnight with winds easing and becoming light. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

Monday:

A dry and bright start on Monday but skies will cloud over from the west by late morning, with outbreaks of rain arriving from mid afternoon. Strengthening southwesterly winds. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Often cloudy on Tuesday with further outbreaks of light rain. Turning warmer from mid week with sunny spells and an increasing risk of thundery showers, especially on Thursday.

The start of this period is likely to be quite unsettled but also widely warm or very warm, perhaps locally hot in parts of the south and east. Some showers and thunderstorms are likely to affect most parts but there will also be some sunshine. Over the weekend and into the start of the following week, most parts will become drier. However, there may be another brief spell of rain with a risk of some thunderstorms, before high pressure more firmly builds in from the west. The rest of the following week looks like being mainly dry with variable cloud and some sunshine and often warm or very warm. The far north may be largely cloudy with a threat of some more rain at times though.

High pressure looks like being largely dominant at first, maintaining plenty of mainly dry and warm weather, but with variable cloud amounts. However, although details are uncertain, late June and early July looks like becoming more changeable, with spells of rain or showers probable at times, some of which could be heavy and thundery. Temperatures are likely to be a little above average overall, with brief hot spells possible.