Ascot Racecourse (Windsor and Maidenhead) weather

Headline:

Patchy low cloud clearing to give a sunny, dry day.

Today:

Dry for most with varying cloud cover and fleeting sunshine, best of which likely to the north of the area. Feeling warm, especially in sunny spells. Clouds thicken in the afternoon with rain arriving in the west. Winds mostly light. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Tonight:

Clouds continuing to thicken from the west into the evening, bringing rain across the area which could become fairly persistent through the small hours of Tuesday morning. Winds mostly light Minimum temperature 13 °C.

Tuesday:

Tuesday starts cloudy with outbreaks of rain, clearing from the west through the afternoon with a few sunny spells developing. Winds generally light, though perhaps breezy towards the coast. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Any early morning low cloud through this period burning back toward eastern coasts, to give some good sunny spells across the rest of the region. Risk of thundery showers Friday.

Updated: 05:00 (UTC+1) on Mon 13 May 2024

Changeable with showers developing by day across the UK through the end of the week and over the weekend. The heaviest showers and greatest risk of thunderstorms across southern parts. Temperatures generally around or just a little above average, though with winds tending to be light, still feeling warm in sunnier areas. Over the weekend there are signs that showers may start to ease from the north with drier, more settled conditions probably becoming established for a time. Confidence lowers into the following week with signals unclear how prolonged the influence of higher pressure will be. So after a potentially more settled spell of weather, unsettled conditions are likely to return during the week with the wettest conditions in the west. Above average temperatures more likely than below.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Sun 12 May 2024

Signals during this period are weak and offer limited guidance beyond climatology. Similar weather conditions to those of the preceding few days are most likely to characterise this period to the end of May; a mixture of unsettled periods with rain and showers and settled interludes in-between. By early June, the chances of above and below average rainfall are evenly balanced. There is a slightly higher likelihood of above average temperatures compared with below average temperatures, such that the chance of hot spells, although still very small, is slightly higher than normal too.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Sun 12 May 2024