Small Heath weather

Headline:

Thundery rain easing. Warm and humid but often cloudy.

Today:

Heavy, thundery rain at first slowly easing but remaining cloudy and murky with further outbreaks of light rain in places. A few bright spells may develop in the southwest and far north of the region later. Feeling warm and humid. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Tonight:

Any residual rain and drizzle will ease, to leave a dry night although most will stay cloudy and murky. Another fairly warm and humid night. Minimum temperature 14 °C.

Wednesday:

Cloudy and murky at first, but slowly brightening up with warm spells of sunshine developing. A few places may remain rather cloudy throughout, but it will be dry. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Dry, increasingly sunny and very warm, perhaps hot across the south on Thursday and Friday. Slowly turning fresher through Saturday with the odd shower possible in the north.

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