East Midlands

Headline:

Blustery showers expected overnight.

This Evening and Tonight:

Any showers fading during the evening, with clear skies developing for a time. However, further showers will arrive across the region during the overnight period, these heavy and blustery later. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Wednesday:

A day of sunny spells and blustery showers, some of the showers locally heavy with hail and thunder. Feeling rather cold with temperatures below normal. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Further heavy showers likely on Thursday and perhaps Friday, which also carry a risk of thunder. Some sunny spells in the mix too. Drier and brighter on Saturday.

Changeable and at times rather unsettled conditions look to dominate at first, with low pressure often close by. This means periods of rain or showers, some of which could be heavy, for many places, though some drier interludes are also expected. As this period progresses, high pressure is likely to begin to build from the south bringing more in the way of settled weather. Temperatures likely cooler than average to begin, but tending to recover as the period progresses, perhaps becoming rather warm by the end of the period, especially in the south.

Patterns which bring more settled weather are more likely to dominate towards the end of May. Whilst further rain and showers are possible at times, there is likely to be longer spells of fine and dry weather. Into June, more mixed conditions are likely with spells of rain and showers, but also some drier weather at times. Temperatures are most likely to be near or slightly above average overall, with some warm weather possible at times.