Hestercombe Gardens (Somerset) weather

Headline:

Unsettled with showers becoming heavier and thundery through the weekend.

Today:

Low cloud and any fog will tend to lift to give some bright spells for a while during the morning. Cloud will gradually increase, bringing showery outbreaks and perhaps thunderstorms to northern and coastal areas by the evening. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Tonight:

A band of heavy showers brings a risk of thunderstorms along the northern coast this evening, with further heavy showers developing more widely across the area later on overnight. Minimum temperature 14 °C.

Sunday:

A band of thundery showers moves slowly westwards, bringing widespread heavy downpours. A brighter evening is in store however, with dry weather and sunny spells developing later in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Settled with sunny spells through Monday. Turning cool and breezy on Tuesday with occasional showers in northern parts. Dry once more, but remaining cool for Wednesday.

This period is expected to start off on a very cool note, with winds from the north or northwest bringing reasonable amounts of sunshine, particularly to southern areas, but also fairly frequent showers to the north, especially coasts and hills. Showers could be of sleet or snow on some of the highest mountain tops. A gradual recovery in temperatures is expected through the rest of the week as winds become more westerly, the focus of rain then changing to west and northwest areas, whilst southern parts likely see a good deal of fine weather. By the following week, confidence is very low, but more settled conditions than of late are most likely overall, especially in the north, and accompanied by warmer temperatures. Any unsettled spells more likely further south.

The focus for wetter weather overall tis more likely to return to north and especially northwestern areas, whilst southern and eastern areas have a greater chance of being drier relative to earlier in the month. Temperatures are likely to be around average overall, though with greater potential for brief spells of warm weather in the south.