Atherton (Greater Manchester) weather

Headline:

Mostly dry with the odd light shower.

This Evening and Tonight:

Dry this evening with some clear spells but turning cloudier overnight with a scattering of showers by dawn, these mainly focused in the west. Chilly in places underneath the clearest skies. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Thursday:

A mixed picture with occasional bright or sunny spells through the day and further showers. Feeling slightly warmer than Wednesday with light winds. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Changeable with showers on Friday, turning locally heavy at times and developing into more widespread and persistent rain on Saturday. Drier on Sunday. Turning warmer briefly.

Changeable and at times rather unsettled conditions look to dominate through the middle part of May, with low pressure often close by. This means periods of rain or showers, some of which could be heavy, for many places, though some drier interludes are also expected. For the most part, temperatures are likely to be close to or perhaps a little below normal, though depending on the position of low pressure relative to the UK, there is the chance of brief warmer mroe humid interludes extending north from the near continent. With this would be the chance of some thunderstorms, these most likely affecting parts of England and Wales.

Low pressure systems are likely to still be close by to the UK at the start of this period. This means showers or longer spells of rain are likely at times, these heavy in places, with the wettest conditions probably towards the northwest by this stage. There will, however, probably be some dry and warm interludes, these more likely towards the south, although temperatures are likely to be close to normal overall. Later in the period, more settled and drier conditions may develop, as high pressure establishes itself over or to the west of the UK, with temperatures perhaps rising a little above normal, especially in the west. Should this happen, eastern parts may be on the cool side with a predominant flow off the North Sea.