Haydock (Merseyside) weather

Headline:

Changeable with showers or longer spells of rain. Breezy.

Today:

A bright start to bank holiday Monday with the odd heavy shower, but cloud increasing through the day. Turning more unsettled into the afternoon with longer spells of rain, turning heavy and persistent later. Often windy and feeling cooler. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Tonight:

Wet and windy this evening with heavy spells of rain. Becoming drier overnight with clear spells and a few showers. Winds easing but still remaining blustery. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

Tuesday:

After a sunny morning, cloud soon increasing from the southwest with further outbreaks of rain throughout the day accompanied by strong winds. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Changeable and breezy with sunshine and showers on Wednesday. Cloudier on Thursday with rain and drizzle at times. Showers, or longer spells of rain on Friday with occasional brighter spells.

Likely continuing changeable with further frontal systems running east into the UK bringing further spells of rain, with showery interludes in-between. Strong winds may also develop at times, particularly in the north and northwest. With time the signs are that systems will increasingly track to the northwest of the country, with the south probably starting to see longer, drier interludes while the northwest continues to see more in the way of rain and at times strong winds, Temperatures are expected to be around normal overall, but will be cooler in any prolonged periods of rainfall. Meanwhile there is the possibility of some very warm, perhaps hot conditions developing, especially in the south and these bring with them the chance of thunderstorms.

Changeable weather across the UK with a mixture of Atlantic weather systems moving in from the west interspersed with dry and sunny periods. Wetter conditions tending to be across the northwest of the UK, with the south and southeast likely to see more in the way of dry weather, Temperatures are most likely to be near normal or slightly above, perhaps with some hot spells at times, especially across the south.