North East weather: Hour-by-hour forecast for the weekend according to the Met Office

It's looking like a weekend of two halves on the weather front, with a bright day in prospect tomorrow before showers return to the region on Sunday.

Saturday is the day to get out and about, with temperatures reaching 15°C and after a cloudy start, sun right up until 6pm. Sunday morning will stay dry with temperatures of around 13C before rain moves in from lunchtime onwards, before it starts to peter out from around 10pm onwards.

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The official weather forecast for the region on Saturday is: "Showers quickly dying out through the morning to give a dry and bright day for most with winds easing slightly. Mild and feeling warm in any sunshine. Maximum temperature 16 °C."

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

6am: 13°C / Cloudy/ 20% chance of precipitation

7am: 13°C / Cloudy/ 10% chance of precipitation

8am: 13°C / Overcast/ 10% chance of precipitation

9am: 13°C / Sunny/ Less than 5% chance of precipitation

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

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

12pm: 15°C / Overcast sun/Less than 5% chance of precipitation

1pm: 15°C / Sunny/ Less than 5% chance of precipitation

2pm: 15°C / Sunny/ Less than 5% chance of precipitation

3pm: 15°C / Sunny/ Less than 5% chance of precipitation

4pm: 15°C / Sunny/ Less than 5% chance of precipitation

5pm: 15°C / Sunny/ Less than 5% chance of precipitation

6pm: 14°C / Clear/Less than 5% chance of precipitation

7pm: 14°C / Partly Clear/Less than 5% chance of precipitation

8pm: 13°C / Clear/Less than 5% chance of precipitation

9pm: 12°C / Clear/Less than 5% chance of precipitation

10pm: 12°C / Clear/Less than 5% chance of precipitation

11pm: 12°C / Overcast/ 10% chance of precipitation

Here is a three-hour weather forecast for Sunday:

7am: 12°C / Cloudy/ 10% chance of precipitation

10am: 14°C /Cloudy/ 40% chance of precipitation

1pm: 13°C /Rain/ 70% chance of precipitation

4pm: 13°C /Rain/ 90% chance of precipitation

7pm: 13°C / Rain/ 60% chance of precipitation

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

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