The Met Office has revealed the forecast for this weekend across the North East after predicting ‘changeable’ weather at the end of last week – which included thunderstorms and heavy rain.
On Friday (June 24), the weather agency put in place a yellow weather warning for the region after predicting heavy rain, chances of flooding and storms in certain parts.
Some locations fared better than others, with some experiencing heavy grey clouds and a lot of rain yesterday evening and others finding clear skies and a mild night.
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Despite the overall forecast, temperatures were still at around 22 degrees.
However, the Met Office has now predicted this weekend’s weather and has said that people in the North East are in for sunny spells and scattered showers on Saturday (June 25), but it will be windy and feel cooler to most.
This evening, a prediction of a largely dry night, with long clear periods is on the cards, but that is short lived after the Met Office has said that a few scattered showers are likely to hit the North East on Sunday (June 26).
The forecast for the North East on Saturday:
Meanwhile, showers are expected over the weekend- and threaten to dampen spirits at Glastonbury Festival, with patchy weather forecast across the country.
Downpours could drench large parts of the UK on Saturday and lighter rain is predicted on Sunday, meteorologists say.
Revellers at Worthy Farm in particular may need to brace themselves for the wet weather, as forecasters say low pressure near the west will feed rain across the region.
Sunday's forecast for the region:
Met Office meteorologist Marco Petagna said: “There’s certainly a risk of some showers on and off at Glastonbury through this weekend.
“Low pressures will be close by to the west of the UK so at times will feed some showers in across the region. The showers are probably heaviest on Saturday by the looks of things.”
Mr Petagna explained June’s weather swings were due to a change in the direction of wind, from warmer breezes from Spain and France to colder ones coming from the Atlantic.
The erratic conditions are expected to last until at least the end of next week, he said.
“It stays quite unsettled into next week, even until the end of next week, until Friday,” Mr Petagna said.
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