Chester-le-Street weather

Headline:

Some thundery rain overnight, very warm and humid on Wednesday.

This Evening and Tonight:

A mostly dry evening followed by a warm and muggy night. However increasing cloud will bring some outbreaks of thundery rain by midnight, but these should mostly clear away to the northeast by morning. Minimum temperature 19 °C.

Wednesday:

Any early rain soon clearing, and perhaps some drizzle on the hills at first. Otherwise generally sunny and feeling very warm and humid by afternoon, although sunshine turning hazy later. Maximum temperature 28 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Thursday and Friday humid and very warm or hot, with a risk of showers or thunderstorms. Saturday likely to be cooler and cloudier, but with further thundery rain probable.

Updated: 16:00 (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: 16:00 (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: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 23 Jul 2019