Washington (Sunderland) weather

Headline:

A cloudy and wet day. Feeling cool.

Today:

A dry start in the far north, before bands of showers or longer spells of rain, heavy at times, move northwards across all parts during the day. Feeling cool underneath the cloud and rain. Winds will remain light. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Tonight:

Rather cloudy with further persistent rain, heavy at times, this evening and overnight, especially towards the south of the region. Becoming breezy, especially along the coast. Feeling cooler. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Wednesday:

A cloudy start, with further outbreaks of showery rain, slowly clearing eastwards during the day. Windy, with the risk of gales along the coasts. Feeling cooler, especially on windward coasts. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Breezy and feeling colder, with a mixture of sunny spells and showers on Thursday. Largely dry with sunny spells on Friday and Saturday. Breezy and feeling colder. Overnight frost possible.

Remaining rather cold, cold in the north, but with areas of blustery showers likely spreading across much of the country with some more wintry spells over the mountains of Scotland on Saturday. Later in the weekend a more settled spell for a time is expected, along with early mist or fog, before increasing cloud and rain from the west marks a return to average temperatures, potentially rather warm at times in the south, however the new week also bringing longer spells of cloud and rain. Windiest in the northwest, generally light to moderate otherwise. Some bright spells for most as systems clear but the best of the bright weather to be found in the southeast, though even here rain likely at times through the week as fronts cross.

Initially some remains of a more progressive weather pattern with fronts moving in from the west or northwest, with drier conditions in the south and east. It is possible that these drier conditions could be seen more widely later in the month as higher pressure further north extends southwards. This would also bring an increased chance of overnight fog and frost. Temperatures will tend to be close to average overall in the south, but probably below average in the north and northwest. Toward November returning Atlantic fronts more likely again, but some signs of more settled weather remaining in the south.