North East weather: Hour-by-hour forecast for Queen's funeral on Monday and Tuesday according to the Met Office

Newcastle is expected to have another cloudy but dry day for the Queen's funeral, according to the Met Office.

As the nation marks the Queen's funeral on Monday, the weather across the North East will be largely dry. In Newcastle, conditions are expected to be overcast in the morning before it becomes cloudy but it doesn't look like it will rain.

Looking ahead to Tuesday, again conditions are likely to be cloudy with sunny intervals in the late afternoon to early evening. Temperatures will stay mild with a maximum of 17°C in the afternoon.

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The official weather forecast for Monday is: "Often rather cloudy but also some bright or sunny spells, and mostly dry. Thicker cloud later for the western Pennines with some patchy rain and drizzle developing. Maximum temperature 16 °C."

Here is an hour-by-hour weather forecast for Monday:

6am: 11°C / Overcast/ 10% chance of precipitation

7am: 11°C / Overcast/ 10% chance of precipitation

8am: 11°C / Cloudy/ 10% chance of precipitation

9am: 11°C / Cloudy/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

10am: 12°C / Cloudy/ 10% chance of precipitation

11am: 13°C / Cloudy/ 10% chance of precipitation

12pm: 13°C / Overcast/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

1pm: 14°C / Cloudy/ 10% chance of precipitation

2pm: 14°C / Cloudy/ 10% chance of precipitation

3pm: 14°C / Overcast/ 10% chance of precipitation

4pm: 14°C / Overcast/ 10% chance of precipitation

5pm: 14°C / Cloudy/ 10% chance of precipitation

6pm: 14°C / Cloudy/ 10% chance of precipitation

7pm: 14°C / Overcast/ 10% chance of precipitation

8pm: 13°C / Cloudy/ 10% chance of precipitation

9pm: 13°C / Cloudy/ 10% chance of precipitation

10pm: 13°C / Cloudy/ 10% chance of precipitation

11pm: 13°C / Cloudy/ 10% chance of precipitation

Here is a three-hour weather forecast for Tuesday:

7am: 13°C / Cloudy/ 20% chance of precipitation

10am: 14°C / Cloudy/ 10% chance of precipitation

1pm: 16°C / Cloudy / 10% chance of precipitation

4pm: 17°C / Cloudy / less than 5% chance of precipitation

7pm: 16°C / Sunny intervals/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

10pm: 14°C / Partly cloudy/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

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