Stilton weather

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Dry, sunny and feeling hot by the afternoon.

Today:

Any early morning mist will rapidly clear, leading to a dry day with plenty of sunshine. Feeling hot by the afternoon with light southerly winds,. Probably cooler near some coasts where onshore breezes develop. Maximum temperature 32 °C.

Tonight:

Most areas probably starting dry and remaining noticeably warm and muggy overnight. Chance of thunderstorms arriving from the south and west before midnight, these mostly clearing later. Minimum temperature 20 °C.

Wednesday:

Any early morning storms clearing across the North Sea, then largely sunny and feeling hot and humid by the afternoon. Perhaps becoming cloudier later. Maximum temperature 34 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Remaining hot and humid for Thursday and Friday with a risk of showers or thunderstorms. Some uncertainty for Saturday with further thundery showers possible, but sunshine is also likely.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 23 Jul 2019

On Sunday spells of heavy and possibly thundery rain may affect Scotland and the far east and northeast of England, especially during the morning. Elsewhere sunny spells and scattered showers, but with some central and southeastern parts staying dry. At the start of next week there'll most probably be a good deal of dry weather with sunny spells, with showers most likely in the west and southwest where there may be some longer spells of rain at times. During the first week of August wet and occasionally windy weather is expected to mainly affect the northwest, with a better chance of drier and warmer weather in the south and east. Temperatures will generally be above the average, and possibly hot at times in the southeast.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 23 Jul 2019

As we move further into August, the final month of the meteorological summer, confidence is low in the forecast with no one single weather pattern looking to dominate. Whilst the north and northwest may see some spells of unsettled weather at first, with the best of the drier weather across the southeast, by the third week of August it looks as though settled weather may develop more widely for a time. However, there is also an increasing risk of showers or thunderstorms developing in the south. Temperatures are likely to be above average, perhaps more especially so in the south and southeast where hot weather on the near continent may spread in at times.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 23 Jul 2019