Basildon (Essex) weather

Headline:

Dry with sunny spells. Cooler and perhaps cloudier near coasts.

Today:

Any early cloud or fog patches burning back towards the coast to leave sunny spells for most, but low cloud perhaps lingering on coasts. Perhaps slightly warmer than Monday, but cooler towards coasts. Maximum temperature 22 °C.

Tonight:

Cloud thickening this evening, perhaps with some outbreaks of rain during the early hours in the far west of the region. Mild for most, possibly chilly in the far east. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Wednesday:

Mostly cloudy at first, this clearing south. However, as sunny spells break out, scattered heavy and perhaps thundery showers may develop. Showers dying out later. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Early cloud clearing, then cooler Thursday and Friday with sunny spells, perhaps isolated showers near coasts. Turning more unsettled this weekend, with outbreaks of patchy light rain later Saturday.

As we head into the bank holiday weekend and following week, a change in weather type is expected as unsettled conditions develop, with weather systems moving in from the Atlantic. The change is likely overspread most areas through Saturday, with many seeing spells of rain and low cloud, and it will feel humid. This will herald a changeable spell as further systems come east. Drier and brighter intervals are likely between systems but with showers, some of which could be heavy / thundery. The wettest weather will tend to be toward the west. Temperatures will probably be close to average, perhaps slightly above at times, but will feel fairly cool in the often strong winds.

Changeable weather conditions are expected as we head into June although with time a trend toward longer settled spells seems likely. So spells of wet weather with showers or longer spells of rain are likely to be interspersed with drier, sunnier periods these drier periods may become more prevalent as we had further into June. Overall, it will likely be wetter in the west and drier in the east. Temperatures will probably average out around normal, although some very warm or even hot spells are still possible, as normal for the time of year.