Plymouth (Plymouth) weather

Headline:

Bright spells with heavy, possibly thundery, showers by the afternoon.

Today:

Dry and cloudy in the west with showery rain moving into the east to start. Brighter spells developing in the afternoon with heavy, thundery showers. These merging into longer spells of rain in the south. Feeling warm in the sunshine. Maximum temperature 22 °C.

Tonight:

A few heavy showers continuing this evening before easing for most through the early hours. Clear spells overnight with low cloud, mist and fog developing. Staying rather mild. Minimum temperature 11 °C.

Sunday:

Any low cloud, mist and fog lifting to leave another day of warm sunny spells and showers. These could be heavy and thundery at times through the afternoon. Maximum temperature 22 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

A mixture of cloud and warm sunny spells during this period. Low cloud is possible in the mornings with a few showers, particularly by Tuesday. Cloudier for most on Wednesday.

Updated: 05:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 18 May 2024

Most likely an unsettled start to the period with western showers and eastern rain, potentially heavy in the northeast, before a transient settled spell late in the week. Early in the bank holiday weekend a band of rain, heavy at times moves in from the west, becoming weaker as it moves east becoming more showery in nature with scattered showers also following. Into the new week increasingly settled conditions more likely for most, though rain may threaten north-western areas early on whilst some southern or eastern areas occasionally less settled with showers more likely later in the period though there will be some sunshine between times, the best of this in south-western parts. Temperatures are likely to be a little above average, but some large spatial differences are likely.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 18 May 2024

Relatively muted signals for conditions to be markedly different from climatology through the first half of June. That said, both temperatures and rainfall are more-likely to be a little above average overall, with further rain or showers (possibly heavy/thundery at times) but also some spells of warm sunshine.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 18 May 2024