Heaton (Greater Manchester) weather

Headline:

Sunny spells but feeling cold with a brisk wind.

Today:

Patchy early morning frost clears, bringing another settled day with sunny intervals. Cloud thickening through the afternoon and feeling cold with a keen easterly wind. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Tonight:

Largely cloudy with showery rain and hill snow overnight in the east, though most places staying dry. Cold with a touch of frost under any lengthy clear spells. Winds easing. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Saturday:

A chilly start but remaining mostly cloudy on Saturday with a few wintry flurries over the hills in the east. Feeling cold with lighter winds. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Occasional brighter spells developing on Sunday. Cold start on Monday and Tuesday with showers, wintry over the hills. Feeling cold, especially in the brisk wind.

High pressure is expected to be slow moving and centred to the northeast of the UK over Scandinavia during this period. As a result, east or southeasterly winds will dominate, these bringing cold conditions across the UK from mainland Europe. Some light rain and hill snow is likely at first, particularly across the south of the UK. Dry conditions will probably become more prevalent later in this period with some spells of sunshine or clear skies. However, there is a continued risk of some wintry precipitation at times, particularly along southern and southwestern areas. Temperatures are expected to be below normal during the day with some overnight frost. Brisk winds will exacerbate the cold feel, particularly in the south of the UK.

Weather patterns in the UK are most likely to be slowly evolving. It is most likely that high pressure to the east or northeast of the UK will dominate at first in some form or another, but with time this may decline, allowing an erratic transition to rather more unsettled and less cold conditions. During this transition there is the possibility of periods or rain or snow, at least for a time, but confidence in these details is currently very low.