Washington (Sunderland) weather

Headline:

Showers clearing, cloud and rain arriving overnight.

This Evening and Tonight:

Any showers soon fading to leave a fine evening. Turning increasingly cloudy with freshening winds overnight, before outbreaks of rain reach southern parts by dawn. A milder night. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Tuesday:

Rather unsettled, with cloud and outbreaks of rain, heavy at times, gradually clearing northwards through the day. Brighter skies following with some heavy, possibly thundery, showers during the afternoon. Breezy. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain over western hills Wednesday, drier and brighter elsewhere. A band of rain sinks south Thursday. Largely dry with sunny spells Friday. Often breezy and cool.

Into the weekend conditions will be mostly cool to average with some showers at times, most settled in the north west but increasingly showery to the southeast with a low risk of a more humid and thundery plume affecting eastern areas at first. The first part of the new week likely to see a mostly showery westerly breeze establish allowing temperatures to recover to around or just above average, feeling warm in sunnier periods outside of showers/heavy showers or thunderstorms, with a more settled spell to the southwest mid-week possibly spreading to much of the UK, though this likely only brief before a more showery northwest flow resumes. Winds after the weekend will be mostly light to moderate, though gusty conditions near heavy showers and thunderstorms remains likely.

As can often be the case at this time of year, predictability at this range is low. There are some signs of a slightly greater than normal chance of a more prolonged settled spell developing at some point during the period, at least for a time, and perhaps more likely in the south. However, by the same token further, perhaps shorter, unsettled interludes are probable too. Above average temperatures overall, and drier than average conditions overall, are very slightly favoured.