East Midlands

Headline:

Turning very warm and humid with a few showers possible.

This Evening and Tonight:

A bright evening across the region, with hazy sunshine to end the day. Remaining generally dry overnight but the odd light shower, most likely to the west of the region, cannot be ruled out. Rather warm light light winds. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

Monday:

Generally dry with sunny spells, cloud increasing across the west at times turning sunshine hazy and with the odd shower possible through the afternoon. Feeling very warm and humid. Maximum temperature 32 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Rather changeable with sunny spells and well scattered showers, these locally heavy and perhaps thundery on Tuesday. Turning somewhat drier from Wednesday, with temperatures returning closer to average.

Probably rather changeable to begin this period, with some rain or showers at times, but also the likelihood of some decent drier interludes too. Towards mid August, high pressure may become rather more dominant towards the north of the UK, with lower pressure further to the south. This means there is a greater chance for Atlantic frontal systems or thundery interludes to affect southern areas, certainly in comparison to recent weeks, though rainfall amounts could be quite variable with some areas seeing relatively little. For the most part, temperatures look to remain above average, especially in the south, though perhaps without the exceptional heat we have seen in recent weeks.

A continuation of the broad theme of high pressure remaining in place at least close to the UK, but with occasional more unsettled or changeable interludes, either resulting from Atlantic frontal systems or thundery plumes. This means that rainfall amounts overall are more likely to be below normal than above. Temperatures will probably be above average and some spells of hot weather and heatwaves are possible, especially in the south.