North East England

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Generally cloudy, with patchy rain. Turning rather warm this weekend.

This Evening and Tonight:

Mostly cloudy with outbreaks of rain possible, especially across the Pennines where some heavier bursts may occur and hill fog will develop. Gusty winds also strengthen overnight and persist into tomorrow morning. Minimum temperature 12 °C.

Saturday:

Cloudy with hill fog across the Pennines, and light rain gradually easing but giving way to showers. Elsewhere, mostly cloudy to start but some bright spells develop later. Breezy. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Cloudy and breezy for much of the period with spells of rain at times, mostly affecting western hills with drier conditions further east. Temperatures becoming rather warm.

High pressure will dominate across England and Wales into next week, likely extending its influence into the northern UK with time. This will bring dry and warm conditions with plenty of sunshine for much of England and Wales, but there is a chance of thunderstorms at times. Scotland and Northern Ireland will see more cloud at first, with periods of rain at times. Through next week the high pressure may extend northwards to bring periods of drier and warmer weather to most of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Winds will be light to moderate for most, though stronger around northern hills and coasts near low pressure systems. Temperatures becoming widely warm, perhaps locally hot in parts of the southeast, although not as hot nor humid as seen in the past week.

From mid July, high pressure is more likely than low pressure, probably bringing settled and drier conditions. Occasionally this dry and warm weather could be interrupted by outbreaks of rain and stronger winds, which will be more probable in the north or west. As is typical for the time of year, there is a risk of heavy, thundery showers during any warm spells. These conditions are likely to persist through to the end of July, with unsettled interruptions perhaps becoming more common, but confidence at this range is low. In any case, temperatures are likely to be above average overall, with a greater than normal chance of hot conditions developing at times, especially in the south.