Nottinghamshire weather Wednesday: Morning showers followed by brighter and drier afternoon

Nottinghamshire is forecast a mixed start on Wednesday 28 October, with a spell of showers during the morning before brighter and largely dry conditions develop later.

Temperatures are expected to reach around 15C during the afternoon, with south-westerly winds gradually easing through the day.

Early morning

The day begins mostly cloudy and relatively mild, with temperatures of around 9C at 5am, rising to 10C at 6am and 7am.

The chance of rain is below 5% at 5am and around 10% at 6am and 7am, before increasing to 40% at 8am and 60% at 9am.

A shower is most likely around 9am, when the temperature will be about 11C.

South-westerly winds will be around 7 to 9mph, with gusts increasing from around 22mph at 5am to 28mph by 9am.

Midday

Showers should become more scattered through late morning.

The chance of rain falls from 30% at 10am to 20% at 11am and around 10% at midday.

Temperatures rise steadily from 12C at 10am to 13C at 11am and 14C by midday.

Winds remain south-westerly to west-southwesterly at around 8 to 9mph, with gusts of approximately 26 to 27mph.

Afternoon

The afternoon looks brighter, with sunny spells and only a small chance of isolated showers.

Temperatures reach around 15C between 1pm and 3pm before easing to 14C at 4pm and 13C by 5pm.

The chance of rain is around 20% at 1pm, 30% at 2pm and 10% at 3pm and 4pm, before falling below 5% by 5pm.

West-southwesterly winds ease from around 8mph early in the afternoon to 6mph at 3pm and 4pm, with gusts dropping from around 24mph at 1pm to about 15mph by 4pm.

Evening

Wednesday evening is expected to be dry with clear spells.

The chance of rain remains below 5% from around 5pm onwards.

Temperatures fall from 13C at 5pm to 12C at 6pm and 7pm, 11C by 8pm and 9pm, and around 10C by 10pm and 11pm.

Winds become light south-westerly, easing to around 2 to 5mph, with gusts generally between 9 and 13mph.

Overall, Wednesday should improve after a showery morning, with the best of the weather expected from late morning into the afternoon and a dry, increasingly calm evening.