Stafford weather

Headline:

Sunny spells and scattered, locally heavy showers.

Today:

Early mist and patchy fog will quickly clear leaving some warm sunny spells. These will however trigger some scattered, slow moving showers for the afternoon, with some heavy downpours possible in places, mainly in the east of the region. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Tonight:

Showers will die away this evening leaving a dry night with clear spells. Patchy mist and fog will develop during the early hours, and it will turn chilly by morning. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Tuesday:

Early mist and fog will soon clear leaving a fine and sunny morning. Some cloud will bubble up during the afternoon, but it should remain dry and feeling warm. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Bright or sunny spells on Wednesday with isolated afternoon showers. Cloudier on Thursday with some showery rain in the afternoon. Sunny spells and isolated showers on Friday.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Mon 20 May 2019

Friday is likely to be a showery day with variable but often large amounts of cloud. Any sunny spells may trigger heavy showers with a risk of thunder and showers may merge to give longer spells of rain across the north and the far south. Temperatures should be near to normal. This changeable weather is expected to continue into the Bank Holiday weekend with strong winds and spells of rain likely, at first, before clearing to a mixture of sunshine and showers. Showers may become heavy and thundery across southern areas with temperatures generally near to or slightly below average. The rest of the period remains rather uncertain, although the weather is expected to become largely settled interrupted by spells of changeable weather.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Mon 20 May 2019

Confidence in the forecast is low for the first half of June, but the most likely scenario is for a slowly evolving weather pattern to become established, with Atlantic weather systems struggling to make eastwards progress across the UK. Overall, settled weather is most likely across northern parts of the UK, but these settled spells will extend to all areas at times. These periods of drier and settled weather will occasionally be punctuated by cooler, showery spells as Atlantic weather systems arrive from the west, albeit temporarily. Temperatures are likely to trend mostly close to normal as we move through June.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Mon 20 May 2019