Stanley (Durham) weather

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Generally unsettled and often windy during this period.

This Evening and Tonight:

Fine and dry at first but the cloud will soon thicken from the west to bring outbreaks of rain, heavy at times. Some hill fog. Precipitation becoming more drizzly at the end of the night. Much milder than Thursday night. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Saturday:

Cloudy and breezy with drizzle in the west; drier and brighter elsewhere. Some sunny spells developing in the far east, mostly in the afternoon. Feeling warm under any sunshine. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Sunny spells and blustery showers Sunday, heaviest over hills. Fewer showers on Monday but some rain late. Windy with further rain and showers on Tuesday. Temperatures near normal.

Likely continuing changeable with further frontal systems running east into the UK bringing further spells of rain, with showery interludes in-between. Strong winds may also develop at times, particularly in the north and northwest. With time the signs are that systems will increasingly track to the northwest of the country, with the south starting to see longer, drier interludes while the northwest continues to see more in the way of rain and at times strong winds, Temperatures are expected to be slightly above average overall, but will be cooler in any prolonged periods of rainfall. Meanwhile there is the possibility of some very warm, perhaps hot conditions developing, especially in the south and these bring with them the chance of thunderstorms.

Changeable weather across the UK with a mixture of Atlantic weather systems moving in from the west interspersed with dry and sunny periods. Wetter conditions tending to be across the northwest of the UK, with the south and southeast likely to see more in the way of dry weather, Temperatures are most likely to be near normal or slightly above in the north and west, perhaps with some hot spells at times, especially across the south.