Astley Bridge (Greater Manchester) weather

Headline:

Often unsettled, but some dry or sunny spells possible Sunday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Heavy showers easing this evening to leave a dry start initially. Cloud building from the southwest towards midnight with more rain moving through during the early hours. A mild night. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Saturday:

Generally unsettled with outbreaks of rain, turning heavy and persistent over parts of Cumbria during the afternoon. Some drier interludes and staying mild. Windy for most. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Brighter on Sunday with scattered blustery showers developing. Turning unsettled from Monday with cloud and rain arriving. Often mild with strong southwesterly winds at times.

Broadly changeable during this period with Atlantic frontal systems moving across the country and shorter dry and bright interludes in-between. Rain and showers typically heaviest and most frequent in the west, with more sheltered eastern areas seeing much smaller amounts of rain. Often windy with a chance of gales at times. Temperatures well above average at first, likely falling closer to average towards the end of February and into March, perhaps briefly cold enough for some wintry showers or even snow in upland areas of the north. A very small chance of more settled weather by the end of the period.

Confidence remains low through this period. The most likely outcome is a continuation of rather changeable conditions, with low pressure systems tending to pass close to or across the UK, bringing occasional spells of wet and windy weather, especially in the north and west. High pressure to the south may build across the UK at times to bring some drier, quieter interludes, this probably most frequent in the south and east - the chances of prolonged settled weather look very low. Temperatures are likely to be near or slightly above average for the period as a whole, though some relatively short-lived interludes of colder conditions remain possible.