North East Wednesday weather hour-by-hour as Met Office forecasts sunny start to February

The North East will experience blustery showers with plenty of sunny spells on Wednesday as we leave January behind.

According to the Met Office, showers setting in tonight will clear on Wednesday morning and the region will be treated to bright spells throughout the day before thickening cloud and drizzly outbreaks later on. The brisk winds we have seen so far this week will persist, with highs of 8°C in Newcastle feeling like a cooler 4°C.

Looking ahead to Thursday and beyond, the North East is in for a cloudier second half of the week with possible outbreaks of rain and drizzle as the winds begin to drop. Here's an hourly breakdown of what the weather will look like in Newcastle over the next two days.

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Hourly forecast for Wednesday, February 1 in Newcastle

6am: 5°C / Heavy rain / 80% chance of precipitation

7am: 5°C / Light shower / 30% chance of precipitation

8am: 6°C / Cloudy / 10% chance of precipitation

9am: 6°C / Sunny / <5% chance of precipitation

10am: 6°C / Sunny / <5% chance of precipitation

11am: 7°C / Sunny intervals / <5% chance of precipitation

12pm: 7°C / Sunny intervals / <5% chance of precipitation

1pm: 8°C / Sunny intervals / <5% chance of precipitation

2pm: 8°C / Sunny intervals / <5% chance of precipitation

3pm: 8°C / Sunny intervals / <5% chance of precipitation

4pm: 7°C / Cloudy / 10% chance of precipitation

5pm: 7°C / Overcast / 10% chance of precipitation

6pm: 7°C / Overcast / 10% chance of precipitation

7pm: 7°C / Overcast / <5% chance of precipitation

8pm: 7°C / Cloudy / 10% chance of precipitation

9pm: 7°C / Cloudy / 10% chance of precipitation

10pm: 7°C / Light shower / 40% chance of precipitation

11pm: 7°C / Light shower / 40% chance of precipitation

Three-hour forecast for Thursday, February 2 in Newcastle

6am: 8°C / Cloudy / <5% chance of precipitation

9am: 9°C / Cloudy / <5% chance of precipitation

12pm: 10°C / Cloudy / <5% chance of precipitation

3pm: 10°C / Cloudy / <5% chance of precipitation

6pm: 9°C / Overcast / 10% chance of precipitation

9pm: 9°C / Overcast / <5% chance of precipitation

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