Swinton (Greater Manchester) weather

Headline:

Remaining unsettled with rain at times. Mild but occasionally windy.

This Evening and 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 3 °C.

Wednesday:

Starting dry with sunny spells but rain, occasionally heavy, soon pushing northwards through the day. Strong and blustery easterly winds developing. Relatively mild but feeling cooler in the winds. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Further periods of wet and windy weather on Thursday and Friday with brisk easterly winds at times. Perhaps drier by Saturday. Temperatures close to average with the frost risk increasing.

Weather systems moving in from the Atlantic will continue to attempt 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 a result, further spells of rain or showers are likely at times. These may be heavy and persistent, especially in the south and west, with the best of any drier interludes in the far north and northeast. Whilst mild conditions are expected to encroach into the south and southwest at times, it is likely to turn somewhat colder through this period, bringing the risk of some snow showers, most likely across hills in Scotland and northern England.

A similar theme is expected to continue as Atlantic frontal systems attempt to push eastwards at times. As the jet stream is slightly further south than normal, 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 of wet and windy weather are favoured at times in the south and west, colder conditions in the north and northeast will bring associated wintry hazards where any precipitation attempts to spread in, especially on hills.