North East weather: Hour-by-hour forecast for Thursday and Friday according to the Met Office

It will be a wet and miserable day in Newcastle on Thursday while Friday will be mainly overcast with a few showers in the early evening.

The weather across the North East will be largely rainy throughout the week as we head ever closer to winter. On Thursday morning it will rain heavily in Newcastle before the showers slow down a little, however, it will, unfortunately, be wet and miserable all day.

And sadly Friday isn't looking overly appealing either with a cloudy and overcast day followed by light showers from 7pm onwards. Meanwhile, looking ahead to the weekend, there will be bands of heavy rain and showers, perhaps thundery, with occasional mist or fog patches and strong winds at times.

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The official weather forecast for the region on Thursday is: " Mostly light rain or showers lingering through the day, with areas of low cloud and poor visibility. Some heavier bursts later. Brighter breaks possible toward the west. Light winds. Maximum temperature 14 °C."

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

6am: 12°C / Heavy rain/ 80% chance of precipitation

7am: 12°C / Light rain/ 50% chance of precipitation

8am: 12°C / Light rain/ 50% chance of precipitation

9am: 12°C / Overcast/ 20% chance of precipitation

10am: 12°C / Light rain/ 50% chance of precipitation

11am: 12°C / Light rain/ 50% chance of precipitation

12pm: 12°C / Light rain/ 50% chance of precipitation

1pm: 12°C / Light rain/ 50% chance of precipitation

2pm: 12°C / Light rain/ 50% chance of precipitation

3pm: 12°C / Light rain/ 50% chance of precipitation

4pm: 12°C / Drizzle/ 30% chance of precipitation

5pm: 12°C / Light rain/ 50% chance of precipitation

6pm: 12°C / Light rain/ 50% chance of precipitation

7pm: 12°C / Light rain/ 50% chance of precipitation

8pm: 12°C / Light rain/ 50% chance of precipitation

9pm: 12°C / Cloudy/ 10% chance of precipitation

10pm: 12°C / Overcast/ 20% chance of precipitation

11pm: 12°C / Drizzle/ 30% chance of precipitation

Here is a three-hour weather forecast for Friday:

7am: 10°C / Cloudy/ 10% chance of precipitation

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

1pm: 13°C / Overcast/ 10% chance of precipitation

4pm: 13°C / Cloudy/ 50% chance of precipitation

7pm: 13°C / Light shower/ 40% chance of precipitation

10pm: 13°C / Light shower/ 40% chance of precipitation

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