St Ives (Cambridgeshire) weather

Headline:

Largely cloudy, with some showers by day. Thundery rain overnight.

Today:

Mainly dull to start, with early cloud, mist and fog patches lifting and breaking to give some brighter spells. Afternoon showers possible, perhaps heavy, with the odd rumble of thunder. Maximum temperature 24 °C.

Tonight:

Cloud thickening through the evening with bands of heavy, thundery showers developing from the southeast, perhaps becoming persistent overnight. Probably drier for most toward dawn. Minimum temperature 17 °C.

Sunday:

A cloudy day for southern and western parts, with bands of slow moving heavy thundery showers. Cloud possibly clearing to sunny intervals and isolated showers for some eastern parts later. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

A cloudy start Monday, with patchy rain or showers, drier and brighter later. Cloudy, windy and cool Tuesday, with heavy showery rain. Cool, bright and showery Wednesday.

Initially cool with northerly winds providing showers along exposed northern, western and eastern coasts, but also a few inland at times too, although central and southern areas may stay fairly dry and sunny. Showers wintry on the mountain tops in Scotland. Towards the end of the week and into the weekend it will likely turn more widely drier for a time, especially in central and southern areas, with the greater chance of rain and blustery conditions in the north and northwest. A gradual recovery in temperature is also expected as winds become more westerly. By the following week, while confidence is low a trend towards more settled conditions is most likely, accompanied by warmer temperatures. That said, some rain or showers are still possible, especially in the south and/or northwest.

The focus for wetter weather overall tis more likely to return to north and especially northwestern areas, whilst southern and eastern areas have a greater chance of being drier relative to earlier in the month. Temperatures are likely to be around average overall, though with greater potential for brief spells of warm weather in the south.