Macclesfield (Cheshire East) weather

Headline:

Mainly sunny today, showers tomorrow, these wintry by mid-week.

Today:

After a frosty start, today will be dry and mostly sunny with just small amounts of fair weather cloud at times. Feeling chilly despite the increasingly light northerly breeze. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Tonight:

Quickly turning cold this evening under clear and starry skies, with a frost developing after dark. Becoming cloudier through the early hours with a few showers and temperatures recovering slightly. Minimum temperature -2 °C.

Tuesday:

A much cloudier day with showery outbreaks of rain developing, becoming heavy in places. Perhaps some sleet or snow over the highest ground at times. Turning increasingly windy. Feeling chilly. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Windy with wintry showers falling as snow in places on Wednesday. Largely fine thereafter with sunny spells but rain possible Friday night. Much colder with overnight frost and ice.

A widespread and in places sharp frost to begin Friday. Then a transition during the day to less cold and more generally unsettled conditions as Atlantic weather fronts make inroads into the UK. These will bring spells of rain potentially quite widely, though the wettest conditions through the latter part of November may occur across more southern areas. There is also the potential for some windy weather to develop at times, again this perhaps more likely further to the south. Compared to the preceding few days, a reduced likelihood of snowfall, though some upland snow remains possible in the north. Temperatures probably returning closer to average, generally speaking, for late November, and perhaps becoming mild at times in the south.

Whilst there is a lot of uncertainty as to the flavour of weather affecting the UK into December, there is a greater chance than normal of slower evolving weather patterns. A mixture of weather types seems most likely and so some wetter days, with widespread rain or showers and the chance of snow, mainly for higher ground in the north. Equally some drier periods are also anticipated, increasing the possibility of some frosty nights and fog. Overall, temperatures close to average are most likely, but some colder spells are also possible, especially if any prolonged settled spells develop.