St Helens weather

Headline:

Cloudy with heavy rain at first, soon becoming drier.

Today:

Cloudy with heavy rain at first, perhaps thundery. Rain soon clears away north to leave a mainly dry day with some bright or sunny spells, and perhaps some isolated sharp showers. Feeling very warm and humid. Maximum temperature 26 °C.

Tonight:

Rather cloudy overnight, but remaining mostly dry, with some clear spells possible in the south. Generally light winds, but perhaps breezier near coasts. Feeling mild. Minimum temperature 13 °C.

Wednesday:

Cloudy and dull at first, but slowly becoming brighter during the morning, with sunny spells developing through the afternoon and evening. Warm, but feeling cooler near coasts in Kent. Maximum temperature 25 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Generally very warm, but cooler on eastern coasts throughout. Thursday and Friday dry, sunny and breezy, but perhaps cloudier at times on eastern coasts. Saturday sunny and hot.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 25 Jun 2019

Sunday will be fresher than of late, with sunny spells and occasional showers. The showers will be heaviest in the northwest, where there will be a risk of thunderstorms and coastal gales. However southeastern areas will stay dry, warm and humid. By Monday, the fresher conditions will spread to all areas. It will likely stay drier across the south and southeast though. Thereafter, as we go into early July the most likely scenario is for a continuation for warm or very warm, perhaps locally hot, and potentially thundery, weather possible for parts of the UK. There is likely to be occasional spells of dry and fine weather though. Temperatures will return closer to normal after a potentially very warm or hot spell of weather at the start of the period.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 25 Jun 2019

During the first half of July confidence in the forecast becomes very low. It seems most probable that high pressure will be close to the north and east of the UK, with lower pressure and Atlantic frontal systems nearer the southwest. This would bring more unsettled weather over southern and southwestern parts of the UK, with some rain or showers. However, the north and east would see more in the way of drier and settled weather. Temperatures during this period are likely to be around or slightly above normal.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 25 Jun 2019