Gilbent (Greater Manchester) weather

Headline:

Dry this week with some warm sunshine, though chilly nights.

Today:

Any patchy low cloud or mist soon clearing to leave another fine day with plenty of sunshine. Notably breezier than on Monday but feeling warm in the sunshine. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Tonight:

Early evening sunshine and then a dry night with clear skies. Perhaps the odd patch of low cloud developing by dawn. Turning chilly with a local frost in the countryside. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Wednesday:

Any low cloud rapidly clearing to leave another sunny day with blue skies. Easterly winds freshening and becoming rather blustery in places by the afternoon. Feeling warm in the sunshine. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Staying dry with plenty of warm sunshine, especially on Thursday and Friday. Perhaps cooler by Saturday with somewhat cloudier skies. Occasionally brisk easterly winds and rather chilly overnight.

High pressure will tend to dominate through this period, often centred to the north or northeast of the UK, maintaining largely settled conditions for much of the time. This should result in lengthy spells of dry and bright weather, but with a risk of patchy overnight frosts where winds fall light. There is also the chance of some areas of low cloud or fog, especially around some coasts. Later in the period, it may turn more unsettled at times as rain or showers try and push in from the west. It will be breezy at times, especially in the southwest early on. Daytime temperatures will tend to fluctuate depending on the wind direction and cloud amounts, with the potential for warm conditions at times but also cooler interludes.

Weather patterns are most likely to remain fairly slow-moving through the second half of April. High pressure may remain centred to the north or northeast of the UK, potentially bringing more fine and dry weather. However, there may also be some interludes of rain or showers, these perhaps more likely to affect southern and western parts of the UK. Temperatures are likely to be around or a little above average overall, and feeling warm inland at times during the day, although some chilly nights are still possible under any clear skies.