Leigh (Greater Manchester) weather

Headline:

Often cloudy with rain arriving.

This Evening and Tonight:

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain, which can be heavy at times, pushing eastwards through this evening and overnight. Clear spells and a few showers following on behind with winds easing. Turning chilly away from the coast. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Sunday:

Largely dry to start with sunny spells. Cloud building for a time in the afternoon, perhaps with a few isolated showers. Temperatures close to average after a chilly morning. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Sunny spells and a few showers on Monday. Cloudier on Tuesday and Wednesday with the chance of some rain and drizzle. Breezy at times, with near average temperatures.

A broadly northwest-southeast split in conditions to start, with spells of rain and strong winds affecting northwestern areas and predominantly dry weather towards the southeast. As Hurricane Humberto moves into the North Atlantic and loses its tropical characteristics, this will likely have an influence on the UK's weather, with the potential for wet and very windy conditions around the first weekend of October. Beyond here, confidence in the details remains low, owing to the potential for further Atlantic tropical cyclone activity, but further spells of wet and windy weather are possible, more likely across northern areas, with lengthier drier spells in the south. Temperatures probably generally near to a little above average by day, though the possibility of chilly nights and overnight fog later on in the south.

A continuation of the broad patterns from the end of the 6-15 day forecast is anticipated at first, with the more unsettled conditions focussed towards northern areas and the best of the drier interludes further south. From around mid October, there is a signal for more widely unsettled weather to develop, with more frequent bouts of wet and windy weather affecting a greater portion of the UK. Given the likelihood of westerly winds predominating, temperatures should average out a little above the seasonal norm, with overnight temperatures more often relatively mild, and with a reduced incidence of overnight fog, compared to normal.