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.
