Failsworth (Greater Manchester) weather

Headline:

Patchy drizzle overnight, then a much sunnier day on Wednesday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Mostly cloudy this evening, although a few glimmers of brightness are possible. Patchy light rain or drizzle overnight, but many places remaining dry with clear periods developing later. Cooler than last night and locally chilly in Cumbria. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Wednesday:

Patchy cloud and sunny spells first thing with increasingly prolonged periods of sunshine by the afternoon. Warmer than on Tuesday but the northeasterly breeze giving a fresher feel at times. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Remaining dry and settled to end the week and into the weekend with a mixture of cloud and sunny periods. Chilly nights at first but feeling warm in the sunshine.

High pressure is likely to be the dominant feature at first, which would bring widely fine and dry weather for the Sunday of the Bank Holiday weekend. Whilst this is happening, low pressure in the Atlantic is expected to bring a change in weather to the UK, though the timing of any specific features is currently uncertain. From early to mid-week, high pressure is likely to become increasingly eroded from the west as areas of low pressure and frontal systems start to move in from the Atlantic, leading to more changeable conditions with spells of rain through the remainder of the week and the following weekend. Temperatures likely warm or very warm to start before quickly trending towards average.

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