Steel (Northumberland) weather

Headline:

Feeling cold. Rain gradually clearing later this afternoon.

Today:

Rain this morning, often heavy, gradually clearing east later this afternoon with drier conditions eventually following. Windy along the coast this morning, then winds slowly easing, but still feeling cold everywhere. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Tonight:

Dry with clearing skies this evening and light winds, allowing temperatures to fall. Later temperatures pick up as cloud arrives, with showers or outbreaks of rain, and breezy conditions develop. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Monday:

Largely cloudy, with limited bright or sunny intervals, and showers or longer spells of rain, these most frequent across western hills. Breezy but milder, with temperatures close to average. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Chance of showers or longer spells of rain, these most likely Wednesday. There is an increasingly chance of low cloud, mist or fog affecting coastal areas. Becoming locally warm inland.

Updated: 05:00 (UTC+1) on Sun 28 Apr 2024

In the first part of this period, many areas of the UK are expected to see periods of rain or showers. Some of these showers will be heavy and thundery, with the greatest chance of thunderstorms in the southeast. Along with this will be a fair amount of low cloud in the east at times, with spells of coastal fog, but also temperatures generally above average for the time of year. Overall, northwestern parts of the UK are likely to be driest and sunniest. Through the second week, temperatures will return closer to normal, perhaps dipping back below average, but it will also tend to turn gradually drier and more settled, with changeable conditions most likely to hang on longest in the south and southeast.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 27 Apr 2024

In this period, the chances of unsettled weather are slightly less than usual in the north and about the same as usual further south. Therefore, some spells of wet weather are likely for all, but perhaps especially across southern areas while the driest conditions relative to normal are probably further north. The chance of below or above average temperatures is fairly balanced overall, but it is worth noting that average temperatures themselves rise by around 1C per week at this time of year.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 27 Apr 2024