Sandend weather

Headline:

Showers clearing this evening. Bright on Friday, rain later.

This Evening and Tonight:

Scattered heavy showers will die out during the evening to leave some good spells of late sunshine. Then dry overnight with some long clear spells. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Friday:

A dry start and bright with some sunshine. A few showers breaking out by late morning. Becoming cloudy with more persistent rain in the evening, haar along the east coast. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Some sunshine, also a few heavy thundery showers on Saturday. Coastal haar. Mainly dry and bright on Sunday, but breezy with patchy rain later. Monday warm but breezy, patchy rain.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 18 Jul 2019

This period will tend to see a northwest to southeast split in the weather across the UK, with northwestern parts experiencing spells of rain, which could be heavy at times, as well as some periods of strong wind bringing a risk of coastal gales. By contrast, southern and southeastern parts of the UK should see much drier and warmer weather, which could be hot and rather humid at times, especially early to mid next week. Potential for thunderstorms to develop as any hot, settled weather breaks down from the west. Beyond that, the signals become more mixed although overall the northwest to southeast split will most probably continue. The south and southeast is likely to see some rain but it will be less frequent than in the northwest.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 18 Jul 2019

As we move into early August, the final month of the meteorological summer, confidence is low in the forecast with no one single weather pattern looking to dominate. As is often the case in summer, this could well mean plenty of fine, dry weather, interspersed with occasional rain or thundery outbreaks, leading to marked local variations in rainfall. Temperatures are likely to be above average, perhaps more especially in the south and west.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 18 Jul 2019