Met Office: Rain and potential thunder to hit the North East this weekend

Kayleigh Fraser

5 July 2024 at 11:00 am·1-min read

The North East can expect bright spells, heavy showers, and face the possibility of thunder over the weekend. <i>(Image: The Northern Echo)</i> — The North East can expect bright spells, heavy showers, and face the possibility of thunder over the weekend. *(Image: The Northern Echo)*

Forecasters have predicted a wet and rainy first weekend in July - here's the full hour-by-hour prediction.

Following a rather unpredictable week of rain and fleeting sunshine, it's set to be a more blustery and even thundery weekend across the region this weekend.

Met Office forecasters have warned of "heavy" blustery showers as well as the potential of thunder that is set to roll across the region.

Temperatures are set to reach a high of around 16C on Sunday with gusty winds blowing at a peak of 23mph.

Here's the full forecast for the weekend.

Saturday

7am: 11C with 40% chance of rain

10am: 12C with 60% chance of rain

1pm: 14C with 50% chance of rain

4pm: 14C with 40% chance of rain

7pm: 13C with 40% chance of rain

10pm: 12C with 10% chance of rain

Sunday

7am: 11C with <5% chance of rain

10am: 14C with 10% chance of rain

1pm: 16C with 40% chance of rain

4pm: 15C with 50% chance of rain

7pm: 14C with 60% chance of rain

10pm: 12C with <5% chance of rain

The forecaster says: "Sunny spells and blustery showers on Saturday, heavy and potentially thundery.

"Less windy thereafter, with further heavy showers on Sunday but drier with some hazy sunshine on Monday. Rather cool."

OK! Magazine
Weather maps show exact date four-day 32C scorcher will reach UK next week
Summer temperatures are set to return with a bang next week with the mercury set to hit 32C, as weather maps show exactly which areas are set to roast in the sweltering heat.
Sky News
Las Vegas hits its all-time temperature record - as motorcyclist dies from 'heat exposure' in Death Valley
Las Vegas has hit its all-time temperature record amid an ongoing widespread heatwave along the US West Coast. The city in Nevada recorded 49C (120F) for the first time on Sunday - a day after the temperature reached 46C (115F) there, which tied with a record set in 2007. Temperatures are running as much as 20 degrees above normal for this time of year in some places, according to National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist Bryan Jackson.
CNN
Death Valley sets a new daily record with a searing 128 degrees as West Coast heat wave drags on
Extremely dangerous heat is dragging on in the West along with heat and humidity in the eastern US.
ABC News
Hurricane Beryl live updates: Over 2 million without power as deadly storm batters Texas
Tropical Storm Beryl is tearing across Texas after making landfall in the state as a Category 1 hurricane Monday morning. At least two people have been killed by fallen trees and more than 2 million customers are without power across Texas due to torrential rain and powerful winds. Hurricane Beryl first killed at least seven people in the Windward Islands before skirting south of Jamaica, shutting down communications, stranding tourists and delivering storm surge and flooding rain to the island.
PA Media: UK News
Heavy rain on way again which could affect Wimbledon and British Grand Prix
Heavy rain could hit Wimbledon and the British Grand Prix in the afternoon.
Associated Press
CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Heat and a hurricane descend on the U.S., other wild weather around the world
As Hurricane Beryl batters Texas and extreme heat blankets much of the U.S. South and West, the world is set for another week of wild weather that human-caused climate change makes more likely. Beryl made landfall around the middle the Texas coast near Matagorda with a dangerous storm surge and strong winds in the early hours of Monday. Beryl is just one example of extremes that are fueled by climate change.
Associated Press
Texas residents told to expect power outages, flooding as Beryl moves closer to landfall
Beryl began lashing coastal Texas with rain and intensifying winds Sunday as residents boarded up windows, left beach towns under evacuation orders and prepared for the powerful storm that has already cut a deadly path through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean. Beryl remained a tropical storm late Sunday as it churned toward the middle Texas coast but was expected to regain hurricane strength in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall early Monday, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm was projected to come ashore around Matagorda Bay, an area about 100 miles (161 kilometers) south of Houston.
People
Hurricane Beryl Makes Landfall in Texas as 'Life-Threatening' Category 1 Storm: 'Urban Flooding Expected'
Hurricane Beryl hit Texas in the early hours of Monday, July 8, after already killing at least 10 people
Associated Press
Searing heat wave grips large parts of the US and causes deaths in the West
After causing deaths and shattering records in the West over the weekend, a long-running heat wave will again grip the U.S. on Monday, with hot temperatures also predicted for large parts of the East Coast and the South. The dangerous temperatures caused the death of a motorcyclist in Death Valley. The U.S. heat wave came as the global temperature in June was record warm for the 13th straight month and it marked the 12th straight month that the world was 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than pre-industrial times, the European climate service Copernicus said.
The Guardian
Motorcyclist dies from heat exposure in Death Valley as temperature reaches 128F
Another visitor in same motorcycle group hospitalized for ‘severe heat illness’ as other four members treated at scene
Yahoo News UK
Met Office dismisses reports 'heat dome' will hit UK this month
The agency has bluntly rejected reports there will be a so-called 'heat dome' in the next few weeks.
Dorset Echo
Beware of heavy rain as weather warning issued
Heavy rain is set to hit Dorset as a weather warning is put in place
Herald Scotland
Risk of power cuts and flooding as Met Office issue yellow weather warning for North
A yellow weather warning has been issued for large parts of North Scotland including Aberdeen and Inverness.
Yahoo News
Beryl is forecast to hit Texas as a hurricane. Here's how you can prepare your emergency kit, home and evacuation plan.
Make sure you're organized ahead of any storm.
The Independent
Wimbledon 2024 weather forecast: Rain set to disrupt Monday’s matches
Elena Rybakina and Novak Djokovic will be under the roof of Centre Court but play on the outer courts could be limited again
Storyful
'Insanity': Hurricane Beryl Lashes Texas
A city-wide curfew and a flash flood warning were in place for Bay City for the evening of Sunday, July 7 and the morning of Monday, July 8, as Hurricane Beryl made its way through Texas.Footage filmed by Chad Casey shows strong winds and rain battering Bay City in the early hours of Monday. Casey described the weather conditions as “insanity.”Bay City Mayor Robert Nelson issued a curfew starting Sunday at 11 pm, while the nearby city of Palacios had a curfew from 9 pm, accord.The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for the area valid until the early morning on Monday.Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Matagorda, in Texas, early on Monday morning, bringing sustained winds of up to 80 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center said. Credit: Chad Casey via Storyful
Somerset County Gazette
Warning issued as Exmoor could see 'up to 70mm of rain' tonight
Parts of the UK will be battered by heavy downpours in a wet and cool start to the week, the Met Office has said.
CNN
How Mexico and Caribbean Islands are recovering from Hurricane Beryl
Hurricane Beryl hit the Yucatán peninsula as a category two hurricane after making landfall in Jamaica as a category five hurricane. CNN’s Michael Holmes reports on the devastation left behind.
CNN
Evacuation order for Texas residents ahead of Tropical Storm Beryl
On the Texas gulf coast where Tropical Storm Beryl is expected to hit, preparations to keep people safe and protect property are underway. A voluntary evacuation order was issued on Friday as some chose to board up their houses and leave, others plan to take their chances and stay put.
The Telegraph
‘Dangerous’ heat wave sets records
A long-running heat wave that has broken or tied records in parts of the United States was expected to affect about 130 million people in coming days, forecasters said.

Saturday

Sunday

Latest stories