Waltham Abbey (Essex) weather

Headline:

Early rain then becoming brighter, warm and generally dry.

Today:

Rain, locally heavy, clears east this morning.Then becoming brighter and mainly dry, although an odd heavy shower may arrive this afternoon. Feeling warm this afternoon, especially if sunny spells develop. Becoming breezy later. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Tonight:

Dry start then outbreaks of rain, perhaps heavy at times, spread east this evening with drier and clearer conditions following later tonight. Windy along the east coast, breezy elsewhere. Mild. Minimum temperature 12 °C.

Sunday:

Breezy and generally dry with sunny spells, although isolated showers may arrive. The highest temperatures will be in the east, especially for coastal areas. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Monday sunny spells and isolated showers then cloudy with patchy rain. Tuesday and Wednesday sunshine and scattered showers, but rain possible early and late each day. Windy at times.

Likely continuing changeable with further frontal systems running east into the UK bringing further spells of rain, with showery interludes in-between. Strong winds may also develop at times, particularly in the north and northwest. With time the signs are that systems will increasingly track to the northwest of the country, with the south starting to see longer, drier interludes while the northwest continues to see more in the way of rain and at times strong winds, Temperatures are expected to be slightly above average overall, but will be cooler in any prolonged periods of rainfall. Meanwhile there is the possibility of some very warm, perhaps hot conditions developing, especially in the south and these bring with them the chance of thunderstorms.

Changeable weather across the UK with a mixture of Atlantic weather systems moving in from the west interspersed with dry and sunny periods. Wetter conditions tending to be across the northwest of the UK, with the south and southeast likely to see more in the way of dry weather, Temperatures are most likely to be near normal or slightly above in the north and west, perhaps with some hot spells at times, especially across the south.