Tyldesley (Greater Manchester) weather

Headline:

Rain and snow this evening and overnight, wintry showers Friday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Turning increasingly wet with rain edging northwards this evening, falling as snow over higher ground, and to lower levels at times overnight. Risk of significant snow on higher ground. Drier across Cumbria but wintry showers possible. Risk of ice. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Friday:

Cloudy, cold and wet with rain or sleet at times, occasionally falling as snow, mainly over hills. Icy roads and travel disruption possible, mainly over higher ground. Winds gradually easing. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

A cold weekend with overnight frost. Mostly dry and bright on Saturday. Further rain, preceded by snow, arriving on Sunday. Turning milder on Monday. Becoming windy at times.

There is now much higher confidence for milder air to overspread the UK by the start of this period with the last of the cold air of the past couple of weeks expected to clear from the extreme northeast during the course of Monday. So this period likely to see brisk southwesterly winds bringing a very different feel to the weather than of late. There will be some rain or showers at times, but also a good deal of dry weather and although often cloudy, some brighter interludes are expected, especially to the lee of high ground. The milder conditions will see temperatures widely above average, and will lead to a rapid thaw of any remaining lying snow across northern parts of Scotland.

The outlook through the latter part of January and into the start of February is typically uncertain. A broadly southwesterly regime is marginally favoured bringing changeable conditions and spells of wet, windy and mild weather are likely, potentially with some very strong winds at times. However there is a chance that drier and colder conditions could extend into the UK from the east or northeast, along with a risk of some snow.