Pickering (North Yorkshire) weather

Headline:

Rain and showers, perhaps heavy and thundery, moving north.

This Evening and Tonight:

An area of rain and heavy, perhaps thundery, showers moves northwards across western parts of the region through the late evening, gradually clearing north. Likely to be drier in the east with some clear spells overnight. Warm and humid. Minimum temperature 12 °C.

Friday:

Cloudy to the west to start, sunny spells to the east. The odd shower possible over the Pennines. Drier elsewhere. Area of heavy showers moving north after sunset. Very warm. Maximum temperature 26 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Area of rain and heavy thundery showers clears northward Saturday morning, further showers during the afternoon. Sunday and Monday likely seeing showers and sunny spells. Temperatures cooling over the weekend.

A broad north to south split in the weather across the UK during this period. In the south it expected to be predominantly fine and dry, with spells of sunshine by day and clear spells overnight. Any rainfall that does occur will probably be light and patchy, with most places staying dry. Temperatures will likely be above normal for the time of year and it could be hot at times in the southeast. In the north, probably more changeable, especially at first. Here, conditions are expected to be cloudier with some unsettled spells of weather at times, bringing some rain and perhaps strong winds. Temperatures are expected to be close to normal or slightly above.

A good deal of dry weather across the UK at first, but becoming more changeable at the start of this period with an increasing likelihood of showers or some longer spells of rain. This pattern continues through early July with changeable conditions bringing a mix of fine and dry periods and some outbreak of rain or showers, which could be heavy and thundery at times. Temperatures are likely to be above average.