Chester-le-Street (Durham) weather

Headline:

Hot and sunny with some early coastal fog and cloud.

Today:

Areas of fog and low cloud during the early hours will soon clear to leave another widely hot and sunny day. Remaining cooler in coastal districts with an onshore breeze and the chance of some lingering fog. Maximum temperature 27 °C.

Tonight:

Staying fine and mild during the evening. Cloud and fog patches are expected to spread inland overnight, affecting much of the region by dawn. Gentle easterly winds. Minimum temperature 15 °C.

Sunday:

While still warm or very warm with sunny spells, Sunday will be a cooler and cloudier day. Mainly dry, although a few isolated showers possible. Gentle winds, fresher along coasts. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Turning cooler and more widely unsettled. Bands of showery rain spreading northeast Monday, turning heavy and thundery at times. Variable cloud with showers or spells of rain Tuesday and Wednesday.

Changeable weather conditions are expected across the UK during this forecast period. Periods of fine and dry weather are expected at times. These settled spells could persist for several days at a time and are likely to be accompanied by plenty of sunshine. Interspersed with this will be cloudier, more unsettled intervals which will bring some showers or longer spells of persistent rainfall. Some of the rainfall is likely to be heavy in places, with a risk thunderstorms at times as well. Temperatures are expected to be above normal for the majority of the UK throughout this period. Some hot conditions are likely to develop at times, particularly in southern and eastern areas of the UK.

Changeable conditions are expected across the UK during this period. Periods of fine and dry weather will be interspersed with more unsettled intervals bringing showers or longer spells of rain, these heavy at times. Temperatures are expected to be above normal and it could be hot at times in parts of the south and east.