Manchester (Greater Manchester) weather

Headline:

Heavy showers in places today, much warmer and sunnier tomorrow.

Today:

Heavy showers extending from Cumbria into Lancashire first thing then scattered showers breaking out elsewhere through the morning. Sunny spells and scattered slow-moving showers this afternoon, these possibly thundery. Feeling on the cool side of late July. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Tonight:

Any showers tending to become few and far between through this evening, leaving a dry night with clearing skies. Turning quite cool with patchy fog developing in the countryside. Minimum temperature 9 °C.

Sunday:

Any early fog lifting into low cloud and clearing by mid-morning. Thereafter a fine day with sunny periods and some fair weather cloud. Feeling much warmer with light winds. Maximum temperature 24 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Staying generally fine and settled early next week. Bright skies and periods of strong sunshine, albeit with some wispy high cloud at times. Feeling very warm with winds staying light.

The end of July and into early August will typically be dominated by a northwest-southeast split. North-western areas will probably experience rather breezy conditions with cloud and some outbreaks of rain or drizzle as weakening Atlantic frontal systems attempt to push eastwards across the UK. Toward the south and east it will tend to be drier and brighter much of the time, although there is also the small possibility of some thundery showers spreading in from the nearby continent at times. Temperatures during this period will probably be close to or slightly above average overall, with the likelihood of some very warm conditions developing in the south and perhaps parts of the east at times.

No single weather type is expected to dominate through this period. Some spells of dry, settled weather will likely alternate with wetter, cloudier conditions at times. The wettest conditions will probably be in the northwest, with the southeast tending to be driest. Through the period as a whole, warmer than average conditions are more probable, perhaps with some short-lived hot spells.