Weekend weather: Met Office issue update to North East forecast
The cold spell is over, and we can finally expect a slightly more mild weekend according to the weather service.
After weeks of freezing temperatures to kick off the year, the Met Office is expecting a much more tolerable period as we head into the third weekend of 2026.
The weather service has updated its forecast ahead of the weekend and this is what it believes the North East has in store.
After a faily misty Friday, cloud cover will prevent temperatures dipping too low into the night.
In fact, conditions will only dip as low as 4°C through the night and into Saturday, with minimal chance of rain into Saturday.
Haeding into Saturday, the chance of rain increases with occassional wet spells expected in the early morning, decreasing through the course of Saturday morning.
Clouds will remain through Saturday according to the Met Office, with highs of 8°C expected in the early afternoon, only falling as low as 6°C into the night.
Sunday will see much of the same, with a dry morning becoming damper as the day continues. Showers are expected from around 11am into the evening with minimal winds and highs of 7°C, barely falling into the evening.