Hurst (Greater Manchester) weather

Headline:

Largely dry on Saturday with rain and showers later. Windy.

Today:

Mostly dry through Saturday with a few brighter breaks developing in the west during the afternoon. Remaining blustery, especially along the coasts into the evening. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Tonight:

Dry this evening but showery outbreaks of rain pushing into the region overnight, wintry for a time over the highest ground. Staying windy. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

Sunday:

Staying mixed with rain and showers persisting. A few glimmers of sunshine possible, but mostly cloudy. Feeling chilly in the easterly winds. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Drier but colder on Monday with a band of rain arriving overnight. Wet and windy on Tuesday and into Wednesday with rain and snow, most likely over the hills.

Weather systems moving in from the Atlantic will continue to attempt to push in from the west, but tending to stall in the vicinity of the UK as they encounter high pressure to the north and northeast. As a result, further spells of rain or showers are expected at times. These may be heavy and persistent, especially in the south and west. Whilst mild conditions are expected to encroach into the south and southwest at times, cold air is likely to be positioned to the northeast, bringing wintry showers at times. Where fronts from the south west do reach the cold air towards the north east, there is the risk of some snow, most likely across hills, but perhaps extending to other areas at times.

A similar theme is expected to continue as Atlantic frontal systems attempt to push eastwards at times. As the jet stream is slightly further south than normal, the wettest conditions are more likely in central and southern areas. North and northwestern parts of the UK are most likely to be drier than normal. Whilst mild incursions of wet and windy weather are favoured at times in the south and west, colder conditions in the north and northeast will bring an increased risk of wintry hazards, especially where any precipitation from the south west interacts with the cold air.