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Today (15 November 2019)
| Time | Now | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 |
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | <5% | <5% | <5% | 10% | 10% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | 10% | 10% | 10% | <5% | <5% | <5% | 10% | 10% |
| Temperature (°C) |
6°
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5°
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5°
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5°
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5°
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5°
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5°
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8°
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7°
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7°
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6°
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6°
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6°
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6°
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6°
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 2° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 2° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 5° | 5° | 6° | 6° | 5° | 4° | 4° | 3° | 3° | 3° | 3° | 3° |
| Wind direction and speed (miles per hour) |
NNE
12
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N
11
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N
11
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N
9
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N
9
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N
10
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N
9
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8
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N
8
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N
8
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N
8
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NNE
10
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NNE
11
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NNE
11
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N
10
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N
10
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N
10
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N
9
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N
9
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N
9
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N
9
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N
9
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N
10
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11
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| Wind gust (miles per hour) | 23 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| Visibility | E | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | G | G | G | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG |
| Humidity | 81% | 85% | 87% | 87% | 88% | 87% | 87% | 89% | 90% | 89% | 89% | 86% | 82% | 81% | 81% | 81% | 84% | 84% | 84% | 86% | 85% | 85% | 84% | 83% |
| UV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Saturday (16 November 2019)
| Time | 00:00 | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 |
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 10% | 10% | 50% | 10% |
| Temperature (°C) |
6°
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6°
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7°
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7°
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8°
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9°
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8°
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7°
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 3° | 3° | 4° | 5° | 7° | 8° | 7° | 6° |
| Wind direction and speed (miles per hour) |
N
11
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N
10
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N
8
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N
6
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N
4
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NW
4
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NW
3
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N
3
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| Wind gust (miles per hour) | 22 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Visibility | VG | G | G | G | G | G | M | M |
| Humidity | 83% | 88% | 91% | 92% | 89% | 90% | 96% | 97% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Sunday (17 November 2019)
| Time | 00:00 | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 |
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 10% | 50% | 10% | 40% | 50% | 10% | 40% |
| Temperature (°C) |
7°
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6°
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6°
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7°
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7°
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7°
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6°
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6°
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 6° | 5° | 5° | 5° | 5° | 5° | 4° | 3° |
| Wind direction and speed (miles per hour) |
N
3
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NNE
4
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N
4
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NNE
5
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N
7
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N
7
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N
7
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N
7
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| Wind gust (miles per hour) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 |
| Visibility | M | G | M | M | M | M | G | M |
| Humidity | 97% | 96% | 97% | 94% | 92% | 90% | 91% | 92% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Monday (18 November 2019)
| Time | 00:00 | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 |
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 10% | 10% | <5% | <5% | <5% | 10% | 10% |
| Temperature (°C) |
5°
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5°
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5°
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5°
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6°
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6°
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4°
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2°
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 3° | 2° | 2° | 2° | 5° | 5° | 2° | 1° |
| Wind direction and speed (miles per hour) |
NNW
6
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NNW
6
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NNW
6
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N
6
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N
5
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N
4
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N
4
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NNE
3
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| Wind gust (miles per hour) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Visibility | VG | VG | G | G | VG | VG | G | G |
| Humidity | 93% | 93% | 93% | 91% | 83% | 82% | 92% | 94% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Tuesday (19 November 2019)
| Time | 00:00 | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 |
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| Chance of precipitation | <5% | <5% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 20% |
| Temperature (°C) |
2°
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1°
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2°
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2°
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5°
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6°
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5°
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5°
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 0° | -1° | -1° | -1° | 1° | 2° | 1° | 1° |
| Wind direction and speed (miles per hour) |
SE
4
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ESE
5
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SE
6
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SE
9
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SE
10
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SE
11
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SE
11
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SE
12
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| Wind gust (miles per hour) | 6 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 |
| Visibility | G | G | M | G | VG | VG | VG | VG |
| Humidity | 93% | 95% | 95% | 93% | 85% | 83% | 88% | 90% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Wednesday (20 November 2019)
| Time | 00:00 | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 |
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 10% | 20% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| Temperature (°C) |
6°
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5°
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6°
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8°
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7°
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 2° | 2° | 2° | 3° | 5° | 5° | 4° | 3° |
| Wind direction and speed (miles per hour) |
SE
12
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12
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ESE
12
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13
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13
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13
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13
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ESE
13
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| Wind gust (miles per hour) | 23 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 |
| Visibility | VG | G | M | G | VG | VG | VG | G |
| Humidity | 88% | 89% | 91% | 90% | 86% | 86% | 89% | 87% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Video
Weather warnings in placeNorth West England weather forecast
Headline:
Dry for most with showers in places.
This Evening and Tonight:
A mostly dry start this evening with a few showers in places. These shower will become more frequent and turn to longer spells of rain overnight. The rain may turn to snow over higher ground. Feeling cold with strengthening winds. Minimum temperature 3 °C.
Friday:
Friday will be mostly dry but cloudy for most with patchy rain lingering over the Pennines. Becoming brighter later as the cloud thins and breaks through the afternoon. Maximum temperature 7 °C.
Outlook for Saturday to Monday:
Saturday should looking cloudy dry for many with occasional rain or showers. These showers will turn more frequent through Sunday before turning drier and brighter on Monday.
Updated:
UK long range weather forecast
Heavy rain will spread eastwards across Wales and parts of southern and central England through Tuesday, though northern and eastern areas should remain mostly dry and bright through the day. Towards the end of the week it should turn milder with a risk of prolonged rainlikely across western parts with the possibility of some transient hill snow. There is also a risk strong winds and coastal gales. Towards the end of the period strong winds and coastal gales accomanined by rain may continue across western areas with more settled conditions likely to develop in eastern parts. This would bring a risk of frost and fog developing overnight across eastern parts and possibly more widespread later.
Updated:
The start of the period will see some settled weather in the east with rain, strong winds and possible gales in the west. Through early December, confidence remains very low but there could be a period of more settled weather across much of the UK. This would bring drier conditions for many through the day with a chance of frost and fog developing overnight. Temperatures look to be around average for the time of year.
Updated:
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