Chorley weather

Headline:

Thundery showers slowly easing. Warm and humid.

Today:

Heavy, perhaps thundery rain at first, especially in the south of the region. This will slowly ease although skies will remain largely cloudy with further light rain until mid afternoon. Thereafter, sunnier by the evening. Feeling warm and humid. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Tonight:

Mostly dry overnight with clear spells in the west, but low cloud in the east bringing some fog over eastern hills. Minimum temperature 12 °C.

Wednesday:

Low cloud will lift and thin to give a dry day with sunny spells and light winds. Warmer than on Tuesday. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Largely dry and sunny and becoming very warm, especially on Thursday and Friday. Slowly becoming fresher during Saturday with the potential for thundery showers developing later.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 25 Jun 2019

Sunday will be fresher than of late, with sunny spells and occasional showers. The showers will be heaviest in the northwest, where there will be a risk of thunderstorms and coastal gales. However southeastern areas will stay dry, warm and humid. By Monday, the fresher conditions will spread to all areas. It will likely stay drier across the south and southeast though. Thereafter, as we go into early July the most likely scenario is for a continuation for warm or very warm, perhaps locally hot, and potentially thundery, weather possible for parts of the UK. There is likely to be occasional spells of dry and fine weather though. Temperatures will return closer to normal after a potentially very warm or hot spell of weather at the start of the period.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 25 Jun 2019

During the first half of July confidence in the forecast becomes very low. It seems most probable that high pressure will be close to the north and east of the UK, with lower pressure and Atlantic frontal systems nearer the southwest. This would bring more unsettled weather over southern and southwestern parts of the UK, with some rain or showers. However, the north and east would see more in the way of drier and settled weather. Temperatures during this period are likely to be around or slightly above normal.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 25 Jun 2019