Stockport (Greater Manchester) weather

Headline:

Wet Wednesday. Drier thereafter.

Today:

An unsettled start with outbreaks of heavy rain, wintry over hills. Brighter in the afternoon with sunny spells and scattered heavy showers. Thunder and hail possible at times. Temperatures around the seasonal average but breezy. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Tonight:

Areas of cloud moving through during the evening with a few showers lingering. Dry overnight with clearer spells developing more widely and winds easing slightly. Chilly. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Thursday:

Fine and dry with prolonged periods of sunshine in between scattered fair-weather cloud. Still a little breezy but feeling pleasant in the sunshine. Touch of frost overnight. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Fog patches initially on Friday, then a fine day with sunny spells followed by another frosty night. Cloudier over the weekend with a little patchy rain possible on Sunday.

A split in weather conditions is likely across the UK during early March. Northwestern areas will see bouts of rain and stronger winds at times, as Atlantic weather systems arrive from the west. These spells of wet and windy weather will move southeast to some degree. However, high pressure is likely to have more influence across the south of the UK, at least at first. Here, there should be a good deal of fine/dry weather during early March with a chance of night frosts and morning fog patches. Through this period, there is an increasing chance of unsettled conditions becoming more widely dominant across the UK. Temperatures generally around or a bit above average, notwithstanding some chilly nights.

The weather across the UK is likely to be dominated by winds from the west or southwest, at least at first, bringing spells of wet and windy weather as Atlantic weather systems move across the country. Northwestern parts of the UK are likely to see the wettest conditions overall, while through mid-March, southern parts of the UK have the greatest chance of high pressure bringing more settled spells. Later in the period, there is a chance that settled weather may develop more widely, but this is low confidence and changeable conditions remain most probable overall. Temperatures typically around or above average, though some short-lived colder spells remain possible.