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

The Met Office is predicting that conditions in Newcastle will stay fine and dry on both Wednesday and Thursday with sunny intervals and mild temperatures throughout.

After somewhat wet and miserable weather across the North East, things may be looking up with sunny intervals throughout Wednesday morning. It will be slightly overcast over lunch with the slightest chance of rain while the rest of the day is expected to be cloudy.

Looking ahead to Thursday, again the sun will be out in the morning before retreating back behind the clouds. The rest of Thursday will be cloudy though temperatures will remain mild.

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The official forecast for Wednesday is: "Any early mist or fog soon clearing, then a dry and fine day with plenty of bright or sunny spells. Temperatures around average for the time of year. Maximum temperature 18 °C."

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

6am: 11°C / Clear/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

7am: 10°C / Sunny intervals/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

8am: 11°C / Sunny intervals/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

9am: 12°C / Sunny intervals/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

10am: 13°C / Sunny intervals/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

11am: 14°C / Sunny intervals/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

12pm: 15°C / Overcast/ 10% chance of precipitation

1pm: 15°C / Overcast/ 10% chance of precipitation

2pm: 16°C / Overcast/ 10% chance of precipitation

3pm: 16°C / Cloudy/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

4pm: 16°C / Cloudy/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

5pm: 16°C / Cloudy/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

6pm: 15°C / Cloudy/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

7pm: 15°C / Cloudy/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

8pm: 15°C / Cloudy/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

9pm: 15°C / Cloudy/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

10pm: 15°C / Cloudy/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

11pm: 14°C / Cloudy/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

Here is a three-hour weather forecast for Thursday:

7am: 11°C / Sunny intervals / less than 5% chance of precipitation

10am: 13°C / Sunny/ less than 5% chance of precipitation

1pm: 15°C / Cloudy / 10% chance of precipitation

4pm: 15°C / Cloudy / 10% chance of precipitation

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

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

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