Washington (Sunderland) weather

Headline:

Showers dying out. Remaining windy.

This Evening and Tonight:

Lingering showers quickly becoming isolated and confined to the Pennines this evening, then dying out. Otherwise dry with clear spells. Windy, with a risk of gales still, especially over high ground and along the coast. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Sunday:

Morning sunny spells give way to cloud thickening from the west, with some outbreaks of rain. Strongest winds easing somewhat, but still remaining quite breezy. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Often cloudy with outbreaks of mostly light rain. Still rather breezy at first, but this easing into Wednesday. Mild.

On Thursday, the south of the UK will see residual patchy light rain and drizzle clear to the southeast during the day, with skies then brightening. The north of the UK, especially northwest Scotland, will also see some rain and drizzle, and it will be rather windy here. The rest of the country will be dry and bright with some sunshine and fairly light winds. Thereafter, high pressure is expected to dominate for most if not all of the rest of the period, bringing plenty of dry, settled weather. Cloud amounts will be variable, and some overnight fog is likely, this slowly clearing through the morning. Thicker cloud and some rain may affect the far north at times though. Temperatures will be near average, but with some chilly nights possible.

The latter half of October will likely see a transition to more widely unsettled conditions again, though the timing of this is uncertain. Whether this takes the form of successive depressions moving in from the Atlantic or a rather slower-evolving weather pattern remains to be seen, but there is a greater chance of more places seeing more frequent spells of rain or showers and possibly strong winds later in the month, these conditions continuing into the start of November. Temperatures will probably be close to average overall.