Gibside (Gateshead) weather

Headline:

Fine at first, but rain later.

Today:

Briefly fine with sunny spells first thing, ahead of a swathe of cloud and rain spreading northeastwards into the afternoon. Some of this rain will be heavy, particularly late in the day. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Tonight:

Cloud and rain clearing northeast, but replaced by a further swathe mainly affecting the south, with rain turning heavy here. Generally becoming drier and colder with clear spells towards dawn. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Monday:

A drier and brighter day on the whole, with some cloud and a few further showers, but also some sunny spells for most. Winds generally light. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Remaining changeable and often rather windy, with periods of rain likely on all days, but perhaps trending drier with time. Temperatures near-normal, but with Thursday probably starting coldest with frost.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Sun 10 Dec 2023

Potential for a band of rain across the UK before becoming more settled later in the week as high pressure builds over southern areas, though remaining in a more wet and windy regime as fronts occasionally push into northern areas. As such, the wettest weather likely across western high ground, mainly in Scotland and occasionally parts of Northern Ireland and northwest England. Settled conditions in the south with average temperatures and cloudy at times with patchy light rain near coasts and over hills. Clearer spells favouring the southeast but these also allowing potential for fog or frost overnight. The following week sees potential for high pressure to decline allowing a return to unsettled conditions and typically average temperatures, favouring the northwest for wettest and windiest conditions.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Sat 9 Dec 2023

More likely to be unsettled compared to the preceding settled spell with bands of rain crossing the UK with brighter conditions and showers in between. The wettest and windiest conditions are most likely in the west and northwest. The chance of a colder spell of weather, with hazards such as snow and ice, does increase later in December and into the New Year period. However, conditions are more likely to remain generally mild and wet.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Sat 9 Dec 2023