Heavy rain and gale-force winds are set to batter the North East as Storm Ciara arrives.
The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for the region, while much of the rest of England has been given an amber warning.
The warning for the North East is currently scheduled to be in place from midnight on Saturday and will likely last throughout most of Sunday.
Met Office chief meteorologist, Frank Saunders, said: “Storm Ciara will bring damaging winds and heavy rain across the UK this weekend and we have issued a range of severe weather warnings giving people time to prepare for potential impacts of the storm.
“Winds will increase through Saturday across Northern Ireland, Scotland, northern England and Wales, before turning very windy across the rest of UK through the early hours of Sunday morning.
"Gusts of 50 to 60 mph are expected quite widely across inland areas, with even stronger gusts of 80mph or higher along coastal areas, especially in southeast England and northern Scotland.”
Here is how the weather is looking hour by hour in the North East on Sunday:
Newcastle
3pm: 9°C, light shower, 49mph gusts
4pm: 9°C, sunny intervals, 49mph gusts
5pm: 7°C, heavy shower, 51mph gusts
6pm: 7°C, light shower, 43mph gusts
7pm: 7°C, partly cloudy, 36mph gusts
8pm: 6°C, cloudy, 34mph gusts
9pm: 6°C, partly cloudy, 36mph gusts
10pm: 6°C, light shower, 34mph gusts
11pm: 5°C, light rain, 31mph gusts
Durham
3pm: 9°C, heavy shower, 47mph gusts
4pm: 8°C, sunny intervals, 43mph gusts
5pm: 7°C, clear night, 39mph gusts
6pm: 6°C, light shower, 35mph gusts
7pm: 6°C, heavy shower, 36mph gusts
8pm: 5°C, partly cloudy, 36mph gusts
9pm: 6°C, partly cloudy, 31mph gusts
10pm: 6°C, overcast, 29mph gusts
11pm: 5°C, cloudy, 27mph gusts
Alnwick
3pm: 9°C, heavy shower, 49mph gusts
4pm: 8°C, cloudy, 48mph gusts
5pm: 6°C, clear night, 39mph gusts
6pm: 6°C, light shower, 42mph gusts
7pm: 5°C, partly cloudy, 36mph gusts
8pm: 5°C, partly cloudy, 35mph gusts
9pm: 5°C, light shower, 35mph gusts
10pm: 5°C, light shower, 34mph gusts
11pm: 4°C, light shower, 33mph gusts
