Ashton-under-Lyne (Greater Manchester) weather

Headline:

Cloudy with patchy drizzle in places. Frosty beneath clearer skies.

This Evening and Tonight:

Remaining settled this evening, but still widely cloudy with hill fog spreading across the higher ground and the odd spot of drizzle in places. Locally frosty in rural parts, particularly in the Pennines beneath clearer skies. Light winds for all. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Saturday:

Colder than recent days with rural frost slow to thaw through the morning. Then a mainly cloudy day with light rain and drizzle spreading in across the north. Light winds. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Cloudy with occasional spots of drizzle through Sunday afternoon becoming more frequent and widespread on Monday and Tuesday. Feeling chilly with overnight frosts possible.

A transition to a rather more changeable and at times unsettled weather pattern is likely to occur during the first few days of this period. Outbreaks of rain and freshening winds will probably make inroads from the southwest during Thursday ahead of conditions more widely becoming wetter and windier by next weekend. Whilst a milder, wetter and windier scenario is considered most likely, there remains a small chance that colder air from Europe may continue to feed into northern Britain, especially at first, increasing the chance of snowfall here. Towards the end of January, further periods of strong winds and heavy rain are likely to move in from the Atlantic. Whilst generally mild conditions look to close out the month, some large day to day changes in temperature are possible.

A dominant flow from the Atlantic looks likely through this period, resulting in an unsettled, milder and windier than average period. This is likely to result in areas of rain and periods of stronger winds affecting most if not all parts of the UK at times, though with the wettest and windiest weather probably occurring towards the north and west. However, the potential for brief colder spells with associated frost, ice and snow remains, following any deep lows crossing the region. Pressure may build across southern areas towards mid-February, which would result in drier, settled conditions, albeit with an increased chance of overnight fog and frost, becoming established here.