Gorse Hill (Greater Manchester) weather

Headline:

Remaining unsettled with rain at times. Often windy too.

Today:

The morning will get off to a rather cloudy start with some hill fog and the odd spot or two of light rain. Skies will gradually brighten though leaving a mostly fine afternoon. A strengthening southeasterly wind. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Tonight:

Cloud will soon thicken this evening with wet and windy weather moving northeast across the region overnight, giving way to drier and less blustery conditions towards the morning. Frost-free. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Wednesday:

Wednesday promises to start bright and breezy. However, further wet and windy weather is likely to arrive from the south towards lunchtime, heralding another unsettled afternoon. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

The wet and windy theme will continue on Thursday. Some brighter weather is expected at times on Friday and Saturday, though it will stay breezy, with further showers breaking out.

The UK will likely continue to sit in the battleground between Atlantic weather systems attempting to push in from the west, but tending to stall in the vicinity of the UK as they encounter high pressure to the north and northeast. As such, further spells of rain or showers are likely at times, which may be heavy and persistent, especially in the south and west, with the best of any drier interludes in the far north and northwest. Whilst mild conditions will encroach into the south and west at times, it is likely to turn somewhat colder through this period, bringing the risk of some snow, more especially on hills in Scotland and northern England.

Little overall change is expected in the weather patterns impacting the UK through much of this period, as Atlantic frontal systems attempt to push eastwards at times, but on a south-shifted storm track such that the wettest conditions are more likely in central and southern areas. North and northwestern parts of the UK are most likely to be drier than normal. Whilst mild incursions are favoured at times in the south and west, colder conditions in the north and northeast will bring associated wintry hazards as wet weather attempts to spread in, especially on hills.