North East weather: An hour-by-hour forecast for Friday and Saturday according to the Met Office

People across the North East will be enjoying sunshine at the beginning of the weekend.

Over the next two days, the temperature is set to remain warm with a maximum high of 21 °C. There is expected to be a mix of cloudy weather and sunny intervals.

The Met Office predicts that Friday will be bright first thing but will become cloudier from the west. In the Tyneside area there is set to be sunny intervals between 9am and 8pm. However forecasters believe there could be showers in some areas of the region.

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Saturday is expected to be "increasingly settled". The Met Office predict that with cloudier periods and a few showers remain possible over the weekend.

Here is an hour-by-hour rundown of the conditions to expect on Friday:

6am: Partly cloudy (night), 13°, Chance of rain: <5%

7am: Cloudy, 13°, Chance of rain: 10%

8am: Cloudy, 14°, Chance of rain: <5%

9am: Sunny intervals, 15°, Chance of rain: <5%

10am: Sunny intervals, 15°, Chance of rain: <5%

11am: Sunny intervals, 16°, Chance of rain: <5%

12pm: Sunny Intervals, 17°, Chance of rain: <5%

1pm: Sunny Intervals, 18°, Chance of rain: <5%

2pm: Sunny intervals, 18°, Chance of rain: <5%

3pm: Sunny intervals, 19°, Chance of rain: <5%

4pm: Sunny intervals, 18°, Chance of rain: <5%

5pm: Sunny intervals, 18°, Chance of rain: <5%

6pm: Sunny intervals, 18°, Chance of rain: <5%

7pm: Sunny Intervals, 17°, Chance of rain: <5%

8pm: Sunny Intervals, 17°, Chance of rain: <5%

9pm: Cloudy, 17°, Chance of rain: 10%

10pm: Partly cloudy (night), 16°, Chance of rain: <5%

11pm: Cloudy, 16°, Chance of rain: 10%

Three-hour weather report for Saturday:

7am: Sunny Intervals, 14°, Chance of rain: <5%

10am: Sunny Intervals, 16°, Chance of rain: <5%

1pm: Sunny Intervals, 18°, Chance of rain: <5%

4pm: Sunny Intervals 18°, Chance of rain: <5%

7pm: Sunny Intervals, 17°, Chance of rain: <5%

10pm: Partly cloudy (night), 15°, Chance of rain: <5%

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