North East weather hour-by-hour Met Office weather forecast for Saturday October 1

The weather will dry up and warm up for the weekend with highs of 15C on Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday will get off to a sunny start and there will be further sunny intervals throughout the afternoon. However, late afternoon and early evening will see light showers, ahead of a clear night. Sunday is expected to stay dry.

The Met Office said: "Blustery showers, heaviest and most frequent in the west. Also some dry sunny periods, the best of which will be in the sheltered east. Maximum temperature 15C."

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Here's the full Met Office hour-by-hour forecast for Newcastle on Saturday October 1:

6am - 7am: Clear, 10C

8am - 9am: Sunny, 11C

10am: Sunny, 12C

11am: Sunny intervals, 13C

12pm - 1pm: Sunny intervals, 14C

2pm: Sunny intervals, 15C

3pm: Sunny intervals, 14C

4pm - 5pm: Light shower, 14C

6pm: Sunny, 13C

7pm: Light showers, 13C

8pm: Partly cloudy, 12C

9pm: Clear, 12C

10pm - 11pm: Clear, 11C

Three hour forecast for Newcastle on Sunday October 2:

7am: Clear, 10C

10am: Sunny, 12C

1pm: Sunny intervals, 14C

4pm: Cloudy, 15C

7pm: Clear, 13C

10pm: Clear 12C

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