Middleton (Northumberland) weather

Headline:

Starting overcast, brighter for some later.

Today:

Starting chilly but cloudy this morning with mist or fog patches and perhaps a little drizzle. Slowly improving during the day, where the cloud may break enough in the afternoon to give some bright or sunny spells. Mild. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy, with perhaps some drizzle, especially over hills. Isolated mist or fog patches also possible in rural spots. Clear spells most likely for eastern areas, feeling chilly. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

Thursday:

A generally overcast day with mist, fog and patchy drizzle, this most likely over the Pennines. Cloud thinning out in the east later, some spells of sunshine possible. Cold overnight. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Friday, cloudy with light rain. Cloudy again Saturday with strengthening winds and perhaps some rain later. Windy on Sunday with outbreaks of occasionally heavy rain.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Wed 22 Jan 2020

Sunday will turn more unsettled for most, with bands of rain moving southeast across the UK, accompanied by a strengthening wind. Heavy showers behind fronts could also bring some wintry precipitation to the hills of the north. Next week looks likely to remain unsettled, with Atlantic fronts making their way southeastwards across the UK. The north and west are likely to see the wettest and windiest spells, with the occasional risk of snow on higher ground. The south and east should stay slightly more settled, though there will still likely be some wet and windy periods. Any settled spells between fronts will lead to some brighter conditions and isolated overnight frosts, but these will likely be short-lived. Temperatures generally around average in the north and just above in the south.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Wed 22 Jan 2020

Through the first half of this period, the mobile wet and windy regime looks set to continue. It seems probable that the most unsettled conditions will gradually transfer further north, leaving a more traditional northwest/southeast split. There are signs that through the middle of February, that a more settled, anticyclonic pattern will begin to affect the southeast. These settled conditions may gradually move further northwest to influence much of the UK for a time. This would bring drier weather for all, with an increased likelihood of fog and frost. Unsettled spells of strong winds and rain are still likely from time to time, but mainly in the northwest. Temperatures are likely to be around normal, with a large diurnal variation, if the more settled regime was to take control.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Wed 22 Jan 2020