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South East hourly weather (Met Office)

South East weather (Met Office)

Updated: 02:13 on Thu, 28-Mar

Windy and unsettled with rain at times.

Today:

  • Overnight rain clearing to give some drier intervals into the morning, with some brighter spells for a time.
  • Increasingly breezy and mostly cloudy into the afternoon however, with showers spreading north and some very strong winds, particularly along the coast.
  • Maximum Temperature 12C.

Tonight:

  • Staying windy with showers persisting on and off through the evening and overnight into Friday with skies remaining generally cloudy throughout.
  • Minimum Temperature 6C.

Friday:

  • Remaining unsettled and breezy with spells of showers, locally heavy at times, during the day.
  • Temperatures near average but feeling cooler with a fresh breeze.
  • Maximum Temperature 14C.

Saturday to Monday:

  • Becoming generally drier this weekend with sunny spells although the occasional shower remains likely.
  • Temperatures near average but feeling cooler along the coast with a fresh easterly breeze developing.

UK Day 6-7 and week 2

  • Next week begins with some uncertainty, but it looks likely that we will see a return towards more widely unsettled conditions as another area of low pressure pushes across the UK with changeable weather likely largely dominating throughout this period.
  • Most areas look likely to see further showers and some longer spells of rain at times, although interspersed with some drier spells in between.
  • It looks likely that a north - south split could set up across the UK.
  • The wettest weather will tend to favour the south whilst northern parts remain a bit drier on average.
  • In association with this split in general temperatures will be close to average, but it will be occasionally cooler in the north, and milder in south.

UK Week 3 and 4

  • Through mid to late April, pressure is likely to be higher than average to the north of the UK, with low pressure more likely to the west or southwest.
  • This pattern tends to push the focus of unsettled weather further south than usual, with largest rainfall totals more likely to be in the south of the UK.
  • Conversely northern, especially northwestern, areas will tend to be drier compared to normal.
  • A trend towards more settled conditions in the latter part of this period is growing more likely, of course this not a guarantee at this range.
  • Temperatures will probably be near average or slightly above overall, with any cooler interludes most likely in the north early in the period.

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