Cheddar Youth Hostel (Somerset) weather

Headline:

Bright spells with heavy, possibly thundery, showers by the afternoon.

Today:

Dry and cloudy in the west with showery rain moving into the east to start. Brighter spells developing in the afternoon with heavy, thundery showers. These merging into longer spells of rain in the south. Feeling warm in the sunshine. Maximum temperature 22 °C.

Tonight:

A few heavy showers continuing this evening before easing for most through the early hours. Clear spells overnight with low cloud, mist and fog developing. Staying rather mild. Minimum temperature 11 °C.

Sunday:

Any low cloud, mist and fog lifting to leave another day of warm sunny spells and showers. These could be heavy and thundery at times through the afternoon. Maximum temperature 22 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

A mixture of cloud and warm sunny spells during this period. Low cloud is possible in the mornings with a few showers, particularly by Tuesday. Cloudier for most on Wednesday.

Updated: 05:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 18 May 2024

There is a lot of uncertainty in this period, initially the UK will be in-between low pressure over the near continent trying to keep things unsettled and potentially thundery, and high pressure to the west or northwest which would settle things down. This likely lending itself to a period of rain or showers or even thunderstorms in places mainly in the south and east whilst more settled conditions to the northwest. Later into the period increasingly settled conditions more likely for most, though southern or eastern areas remain occasionally less settled with showers or rain though there will be some sunshine between times, the best of this in western parts. Temperatures are likely to be a little above average, but some large spatial differences are likely.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 17 May 2024

There is nothing to suggest that conditions will be massively different to climatology at the end of the current month and though the first half of June. That said, both temperatures and rainfall are more-likely to be a little above average overall, with further rain or showers (possibly heavy/thundery at times) but also some spells of warm sunshine.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 17 May 2024