Weymouth and Portland (Dorset) weather

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Changeable today and over the weekend with sunshine and showers.

Today:

A mixture of cloudy periods and warm sunny spells. Showers are possible and these may be heavy with a low risk of thunder, but they will generally move through quickly. Rather breezy, but less windy than yesterday, so feeling warmer. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Tonight:

Further scattered heavy showers this evening, although some places may remain dry. More frequent showers or longer spells of rain moving east overnight, heavy in places. A cooler night. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

Saturday:

Another showery day with heavy and locally thundery downpours possible. Some drier periods can be expected and feeling warm in the sunshine. Windier than today though with possible coastal gales. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Sunny spells and scattered showers on Sunday and Monday, these locally heavy, but some places staying dry. Tuesday mainly dry for all. Feeling warm in the sunshine with winds easing.

Updated: 05:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 14 Jun 2024

It is most probable that initially fine conditions will prevail for most, with more changeable conditions with cloud and some rain being confined to the far north and northwest, temperatures will likely be close to or slightly above average. Although even during this time, a few daytime showers could pop up in the east. However, there is a slight chance of an alternative scenario that initially an area of cloud could edge northwestwards from Europe and bring a few days of thundery rain and fairly hot / humid conditions to the southeast. Into the last week of June, on balance it appears more probable that milder than average conditions will continue, with the wind from the southerly quadrant. During this time rainfall looks quite variable (some places dry others wet).

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 13 Jun 2024

There is little sign for any one type of weather pattern to dominate during this period. As such, typical conditions for the UK are most probable with a mixture of weather types. All areas can expected to see some spells of drier, sunnier weather, but there will also be showers or longer spells of rain at times. Currently the only signals, weak as they are, hint that rain and showers will tend to be more biased towards the north and west, with any more prolonged drier interludes favouring the south. Temperatures are most likely to be close to or slightly above climatological average.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 13 Jun 2024