Little Bolton (Greater Manchester) weather

Headline:

Cloudy and rather cold, with a few wintry flurries.

This Evening and Tonight:

Widely cloudy this evening with further showers spreading slowly northwards, these wintry across the hills. Light winds, and feeling chilly, though not as cold as previous nights, with a local frost in rural parts. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Sunday:

Another cloudy day with scattered showers in the east, wintry at times. Brighter in the west, especially to the lee of high ground. Feeling chilly in a brisk easterly breeze. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Remaining mostly cloudy into the new week with spells of rain and drizzle at times, falling as sleet or snow across the high ground. Feeling cold, especially in brisk winds.

An easterly or south-easterly wind is likely, with cold and cloudy weather continuing at first, with the possibility of much colder conditions for a time. Atlantic Low pressure however will inch closer to the UK, with fronts slowly moving towards southwestern parts. It is also possible that this might fall as snow initially as it runs into the cold air. Northeastern areas of the country will hold on to colder conditions for longer, and it is possible that the cold, cloudy easterly or south-easterly theme continues elsewhere. Eventually though it is thought that low pressure will push frontal bands of rain across much of the UK, with wind and rain becoming the dominant feature of the weather, but it's currently uncertain exactly when any change will occur.

An unsettled theme will probably have become established by this time, with weather systems moving close to or across the UK from the Atlantic. This will mean bands of rain and perhaps periods of strong winds spreading in from the west, interspersed with some drier and brighter interludes. Temperatures are most likely to be close to average overall.