North East England

Headline:

Scattered showers, occasionally heavy and with a chance of thunder.

Today:

Outbreaks of showery rain at first, perhaps heavy in places, and some drier intervals. Perhaps briefly becoming drier more widely around midday. Further heavy showers and thunderstorms then developing through the afternoon with a risk of hail. Maximum temperature 22 °C.

Tonight:

Showers and thunderstorms continue during the evening, before easing into Monday. Staying rather cloudy, with hill fog across the Pennines. A few showers remain possible by dawn. Minimum temperature 11 °C.

Monday:

Early cloud breaks, with sunny spells but also a few showers developing, the odd one perhaps heavy and thundery. These easing through the afternoon, but turning rather cloudy and breezy. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Mostly dry Tuesday, although a few showers around. Rather windy Wednesday, with outbreaks of rain, occasionally heavy. Likely drier Thursday, but still windy. Daytime temperatures near normal, but warm overnight.

Likely remaining unsettled with most areas seeing some showers or longer spells of rain at times, with the main focus for these across northern and western areas, the best of any longer dry spells across the southeast. Potential for some strong and gusty winds at times, again the northwest more prone to these. Temperatures are likely to be near average, although some short-lived warm or very warm spells are possible, especially in the south.

Signals are fairly limited from mid-September onward. At first, probably a continuation of a changeable regime with the wettest conditions in the northwest and longer drier interludes in the southeast. However, the distribution of rainfall soon becomes very unclear, although compared to earlier in the month there is a greater chance of more prolonged settled/dry spells. Temperatures likely varying around average with some warm spells likely, especially in the south.