Chapelfell Top (Durham) weather

Headline:

Sunny spells and showers. Risk of hail and thunder.

Today:

After a bright and chilly start, the clouds will bubble up to give a mixture of sunny spells and showers, locally heavy, with the risk of hail and thunder in places, during the afternoon. Lighter winds than Sunday. Feeling warmer. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Tonight:

Early evening showers fading to leave a dry night, with prolonged clear spells. Turning chilly, with a touch of frost in prone rural spots. Some isolated mist and fog patches. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Tuesday:

Another bright and chilly start for many, before turning increasingly cloudy from the west, with outbreaks of light rain and drizzle reaching western hills during the afternoon. Breezy and mild. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain moving east Wednesday, clearing overnight. Windy and mild. Sunny spells with fewer and lighter showers Thursday and Friday. Feeling a little warmer, with lighter winds.

Changeable at the start of this period with low pressure to the west or northwest of the UK. This will bring showers or longer spells of rain at times, heaviest and most persistent in the northwest, together with some strong winds. The southeast is likely to be driest and brightest. Later in this period, conditions may become drier and more settled, perhaps more especially in the north or northwest, with the south possibly becoming the focus for showers or longer spells of rain. Temperatures will likely be near or slightly above average overall.

The dominant pattern during this period is most likely to be high pressure (or higher than average pressure) to the north and lower pressure to the south. This will probably lead to drier and more settled than normal weather in the north or northwest of the UK, with the south and possibly east more unsettled and wetter than normal. Temperatures will probably be close to or slightly above average overall.