Weather forecast for the midlands and uk (co the met office) East Midlands Updated: 1634 on Fri 23 Aug 2013 Headline: Rain at times Saturday, then much drier and brighter. This Evening and Tonight: Becoming generally cloudy. Showers will develop through the evening and overnight, also merging into some longer spells of rain. Some of this rain will be heavy and thundery, and may lead to localised flooding. Minimum Temperature 15 C. Saturday: Staying cloudy and mostly dull throughout the day, with further rain at times, and with some of the rain again expected to be heavy and thundery, with localised flooding possible. Maximum Temperature 19 C. Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday: Cloudy start Sunday, perhaps with a few showers, but with sunny spells developing. Dry and bright for Bank Holiday Monday. Tuesday could see cloud and a little rain later. West Midlands Updated: 1501 on Fri 23 Aug 2013 Headline: Outbreaks of rain overnight, heaviest in the northeast. This Evening and Tonight: A rather cloudy late evening and overnight period with some showery outbreaks of rain, perhaps heavy and thundery at times, particularly in the northeast later in the night. However, there will be some drier periods too, especially in the west. Minimum Temperature 13 C. Saturday: Showery outbreaks of rain will continue to affect the region, heavy and thundery at times in the east. However, Shropshire and Herefordshire should become drier and brighter later. Maximum Temperature 20 C. Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday: Variable amounts of cloud on Sunday and Monday with isolated showers interspersed by some bright or sunny spells. Some patchy, mainly light, rain will push in later on Tuesday. UK forecast Updated: 1503 on Fri 23 Aug 2013 Headline: Heavy rain across central and eastern parts. Drier further west. This Evening and Tonight: Cloud and rain continues to spread east and become more widespread as the night progresses, with some intense thundery downpours across central and eastern parts leading to the risk of localised flooding. Drier in west with some clear spells later. Saturday: Further spells of rain in the east, heavy and thundery at times, especially in the southeast with the risk of localised flooding. Drier in the west with sunny spells developing. Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday: Drier on Sunday with sunny intervals, but shower risk in southeast. Mostly dry on Monday, but patchy rain in the northwest spreads southeastwards during Tuesday, weakening as it does so. UK Outlook for Wednesday 28 Aug 2013 to Friday 6 Sep 2013: Most places will remain dry mid-week with variable cloud and sunny spells. However, some rain will push into northwestern parts through Thursday, before weakening as it pushes southeast. Thereafter, changeable weather is expected to become confined to northwestern parts with conditions further south and east often fine and dry. Daytime temperatures largely near average for late August and perhaps warm in some southern parts later next week. Nights may well turn cooler than of late though with a greater chance of some mist or fog patches around dawn. Little change is then expected for early September, with the north and west most likely to see changeable weather and the south and east probably remaining drier, warmer and more settled, but with the continued risk of overnight mist and chilly dawns.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 20:10:21 +0000