Cradley (West Midlands) weather

Headline:

Sunny spells and scattered showers, perhaps heavy.

Today:

A largely dry start for many with bright or sunny spells. Scattered showers will develop during the morning, with a few heavy and perhaps thundery showers around for a time during the afternoon. Feeling warm in the sunnier breaks. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Tonight:

After a fine evening, it will stay mostly dry overnight with clear spells. A fresher night compared to recent nights too. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Sunday:

A dry and bright day to come, with plenty of sunny spells across the region. Feeling warm, with a light breeze. Maximum temperature 24 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Generally staying fine, dry and sunny throughout Monday and Tuesday. Becoming increasingly hot and humid too. Hot and sunny once more on Wednesday, though an increasing risk of thunderstorms developing.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 20 Jul 2019

This period will tend to see a northwest to southeast split in the weather across the UK, with northwestern parts experiencing spells of rain, which could be heavy at times, as well as some periods of strong wind bringing a risk of coastal gales. By contrast, southern and southeastern parts of the UK should see much drier and warmer weather, which could be hot and rather humid at times, especially in the first half of the next week. Thunderstorms could develop as any hot, settled weather breaks down from the west. Beyond that, the forecast is more uncertain, but overall the northwest to southeast split will most probably continue. The south and southeast are likely to see some rain but it will be less frequent than in the northwest.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 20 Jul 2019

As we move into early August, the final month of the meteorological summer, confidence is low in the forecast with no one single weather pattern looking to dominate. As is often the case in summer, this could well mean plenty of fine, dry weather, interspersed with occasional rain or thundery outbreaks, leading to marked local variations in rainfall. Temperatures are likely to be above average, perhaps more especially in the south and west.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 20 Jul 2019