Peel Green (Greater Manchester) weather

Headline:

Largely cloudy with rain and snow in the south later.

Today:

Cloudy on Thursday with patchy light rain and hill snow, though some brightness developing across Cumbria through the afternoon. Turning more unsettled from the south by the evening with rain, hill snow and stronger winds. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

Storm Goretti arriving in the south during the evening and overnight bringing heavy rain, hill snow and strong winds. Drier in Cumbria but staying cloudy. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Friday:

Heavy rain and snow, mainly over the hills, clearing eastwards through Friday leaving wintry showers behind. Remaining cold with winds gradually easing. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

A cold weekend with overnight frost. Mostly dry and bright on Saturday and to start on Sunday. Further rain, snow and strong winds arriving later Sunday into Monday.

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.