Barton Upon Irwell (Greater Manchester) weather

Headline:

A dry and warm weekend with strong sunshine at times.

This Evening and Tonight:

Warm with prolonged sunny periods this evening and remaining dry with clear spells overnight. Perhaps turning cloudier in places later in the night and rather misty over the highest ground. A mild night and staying rather warm in urban areas. Minimum temperature 12 °C.

Saturday:

A cloudier start to the day is possible for some, but sunny spells soon developing. Prolonged periods of strong sunshine by the afternoon and turning very warm. Light winds. Maximum temperature 26 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

A sunny and very warm Sunday. Remaining generally dry early next week with a mixture of cloudy spells and sunny periods. Temperatures somewhat lower but still very warm at times.

High pressure is expected to drift to the northwest at the start of this period. This will allow a north to northeasterly airstream to affect much of the UK, leading to rather cool conditions in some northern and eastern areas. As a vigorous area of low pressure emerges into the North Atlantic by the following weekend, connected to what is currently Tropical Storm Erin, high pressure may re-build across the UK for a time, bringing widely fine and dry conditions and for some, an increase in temperatures, relative to the previous few days. The final week of August may see Atlantic weather systems progress over the UK, with a small chance of widely wetter and windier weather developing, though there is much uncertainty in this aspect of the forecast.

Confidence in the details through this period is low. However, low pressure and therefore unsettled or changeable weather looks more likely, and with this comes the potential for stronger winds at times as well. Whether this takes the form of further low pressure systems running in from the Atlantic, or a rather more slowly evolving weather pattern is less clear. Temperatures are likely be near to above average overall.