Newton Aycliffe (Durham) weather

Headline:

Spells of wet and windy weather in the coming days.

Today:

Rather cloudy, with outbreaks of light rain and drizzle possible in the afternoon. A southeasterly wind strengthens throughout the day, becoming strong along coasts and exposed areas. Sea fog may affect coastal areas for a time. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Tonight:

Remaining cloudy. Overnight, outbreaks of rain, turning heavy and blustery for some, moving in from the west by Wednesday morning. Staying windy, especially along the coast. Minimum temperature 13 °C.

Wednesday:

A wet start, with some potentially heavy and blustery outbreaks of rain. Brightening up with the wind easing once the rain clears, but heavy and gusty showers developing later. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Largely dry and sunny on Thursday, clouding over later. Breezy with showers, heavy at times, on Friday. Mostly dry but cloudy, with the wind easing on Saturday.

High pressure will likely be in place across much of central and southern UK through the first few days of this period. This means plenty of dry weather to be had, albeit with some chilly nights and overnight and morning fog in places. In the north, a rather more changeable pattern will continue, with occasional rain and often breezier conditions. Towards the end of this period, high pressure may have declined somewhat, allowing lower pressure to become rather more dominant, this probably centred somewhere to the west or south of the UK, though its proximity to the UK is more uncertain. However, there is a chance of some rain developing across parts of the south by mid-month. Overall, temperatures remaining above average overall.

Quite an uncertain period of weather, with earlier signals of reliably wetter than normal weather now looking less likely. That being said, the middle of the month could be a quite a changeable period of weather overall, with the wettest weather most likely towards parts of the west and possibly south. It is quite plausible that marked regional variation in rainfall amounts will occur. Temperatures are likely to remain broadly above average overall.