Blaydon (Gateshead) weather

Headline:

Dry, bright and sunny today, wet and windy overnight.

Today:

Any early cloud should soon clear to a bright morning with long sunny spells. Remaining dry throughout, with patchy cloud over western hills. Light winds, though these freshening later in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Tonight:

Dry and sunny start to the evening with a fresh breeze. Cloud increasing from the west, as winds strengthen ahead of a band of heavy rain during the early hours. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Tuesday:

A wet and windy start as a band of heavy rain and local gales moves east. Becoming brighter later, but with scattered blustery showers. Mostly dry with winds easing overnight. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

A dry start Wednesday with light winds, rain possible later. Unsettled Thursday and Friday with sunny spells and showers interspersed with spells of rain. Less warm than recently.

The unsettled weather of previous days is expected to continue at least through the start of this period, with many - if not all - areas seeing showers or longer spells of rain, and occasionally strong winds. At first, wet weather may be focussed across the south of the UK but it looks like this focus will fairly quickly shift northwards during the first few days. Towards the middle of June, there is an increased chance that high pressure will become more dominant, at least in the south. This would result in some longer periods of drier weather, although unsettled spells remain likely. Following a rather cool start to this period, there is a greater chance of warmer spells towards mid-June.

Changeable weather is most likely across the UK with a mixture of Atlantic weather systems moving in from the west interspersed with dry and sunny periods, perhaps with a bias towards longer dry spells early in the period. Temperatures are most likely to be near or slightly above normal, perhaps with some hot spells at times especially across the south.