Northumberland's weekly forecast as county set for sunny intervals and heavy showers

File picture: Spells of heavy rain forecast for Monday and Tuesday

As we start a new week, Northumberland looks set to experience some bright but wet weather from Monday, May 10.

Met Office forecasters are predicting that the county will see sunny spells from Monday to Wednesday with some heavy rain showers spread throughout as temperatures remain fairly mild.

However by the end of the week it will be cooler and cloudier – although the rain is predicted to stay away.

Monday, May 10

A fairly cloudy start to the day with heavy showers expected to begin from 2pm throughout the rest of the day.

The sun will to shows its face at different spells from 12pm and will continue throughout the afternoon. The forecast predicts the rain looks set to stop from 8pm.

Temperatures will reach highs of 14C at around 11am, according to the Met Office forecast.

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Tuesday, May 11

Another sunny start to the day with temperatures reaching 12C by 10am.

However from mid afternoon intervals of heavy showers are forecast with some sunny spells throughout the rest of the day.

Wednesday, May 12

The mixed weather looks set to continue on Wednesday. Another sunny start to the day although the afternoon brings a chance of rain from 1pm to around 7pm.

Thursday, May 13 to Saturday, May 15

There is expected to be some sunshine on Thursday morning.

However from late afternoon through to Saturday the forecast is predominately cloudy with high temperatures dropping from earlier in the week to as little as 10C on Friday.

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