Benwell (Newcastle upon Tyne) weather

Headline:

Mostly sunny and widely warm today.

Today:

Dry with plenty of sunshine and mainly light winds this morning. Clouding over a little by the afternoon and the breeze strengthening slightly, but still feeling warm with good sunny intervals. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Tonight:

A fine, bright evening, then mostly clear overnight with winds falling light. Perhaps a few rural mist patches forming by dawn, although localised if they do occur. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Thursday:

Dry, sunny and widely warm or very warm. Generally light winds, but slightly stronger at the coast and with temperatures lower than inland, but still warm here. Maximum temperature 24 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Mainly dry and sunny, although a chance of showers Saturday and rain on Sunday. Overall very warm or locally hot with temperatures likely peaking on Saturday. Occasionally breezy this weekend.

Initially hot across eastern Britain in particular, with many areas dry although a few showers will be possible in places, perhaps thundery. Temperatures are likely to lower somewhat into next week, but still remaining very warm across parts of the east and southeast. There will also be an increasing chance of some showers or thunderstorms in southern and western areas, and perhaps some longer spells of rain in the far north. Later in the week and into the following weekend, higher pressure may become more influential, especially across central and southern areas where longer spells of dry and warm weather are most likely, whilst it remains cooler and generally more changeable farther to the northwest.

Rather changeable conditions are anticipated through the first half of July, with the wettest and windiest conditions most likely towards the northwest, with a risk of some heavy rain at times, especially over hills. Southern and eastern areas are most favoured for longer drier and more settled spells, although even here some occasional rain or showers will be possible, perhaps thundery. Temperatures are expected to be above average for most areas, especially towards the southeast where there will be an ongoing chance of some very warm or hot conditions at times.