Cradley Heath weather

Headline:

Rain spreading north, brighter with scattered showers later.

Today:

Cloud and outbreaks of locally heavy rain will spread quickly northeast through the morning. Much brighter conditions will follow during the afternoon, but with some heavy and possibly thundery showers developing. Feeling warm and rather humid. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Tonight:

Showers will mostly ease this evening, but occasional rain may affect the south and east for a time late evening onwards. The rain will clear later, leaving isolated showers. Minimum temperature 15 °C.

Saturday:

A dry start for many with bright or sunny spells. Scattered showers will develop during the morning, with some heavy and possibly thundery downpours in places during the afternoon. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Dry with sunny spells on Sunday with a chance of some overnight rain. Fine and sunny on both Monday and Tuesday. Becoming increasingly warm and humid.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 19 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 early to mid next week. Potential for thunderstorms to develop as any hot, settled weather breaks down from the west. Beyond that, the signals become more mixed although overall the northwest to southeast split will most probably continue. The south and southeast is likely to see some rain but it will be less frequent than in the northwest.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 19 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 Fri 19 Jul 2019