Manchester University (Greater Manchester) weather

Headline:

Dry, warm and sunny today.

Today:

Any early mist and fog patches will quickly clear this morning to leave blue skies. Winds will strengthen in the south but it will feel warm in any sheltered spots. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Tonight:

Staying dry tonight with largely clear skies, although a veil of high cloud will move over at times. A patchy rural frost is possible in the coldest spots. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Thursday:

Another dry and sunny day across the region. After a chilly start, it will warm up through the day, although a brisk wind will make it feel fresh in places. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

A warm day on Friday and a little more humid with lighter winds. Turning increasingly cloudy through the weekend with an increasing risk of heavy showers, possibly thundery.

A mostly settled start to the period looks likely with many areas seeing a good deal of dry weather. That said we are unlikely to see a return of the completely dry and warm weather we have see in recent days, with clear or sunny periods and showers more likely. Toward the latter part of the period a trend toward more changeable weather is favoured although there should still be some drier intervals. Overall temperatures likely close to or a little below average at first, especially in the north, then returning close to average or rather warm later.

Low pressure systems are likely to dominate across the UK at the start of this period. This means showers or longer spells of rain are likely at times, heavy in places. There will, however, be some dry and warm interludes, although temperatures are likely to be close to normal overall. Later in the month, more settled and drier conditions may begin to develop, with temperatures perhaps rising slightly above normal.