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Today (17 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% |
| Temperature (°C) |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 8° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 11° | 11° | 12° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 13° | 13° | 12° | 12° | 11° | 11° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | NNW 4 | WNW 2 | WNW 2 | NNW 4 | NNW 2 | NW 2 | WNW 4 | NNW 7 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 7 | NW 7 | NW 7 | NW 7 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NNW 5 | N 4 | N 4 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 18 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 8 |
| Visibility | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG |
| Humidity | 90% | 85% | 86% | 84% | 85% | 81% | 80% | 67% | 61% | 58% | 57% | 56% | 55% | 55% | 56% | 59% | 64% | 69% | 72% | 77% | 78% |
| UV | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Wednesday (18 September 2019)
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| Temperature (°C) |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 10° | 10° | 10° | 9° | 9° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 9° | 10° | 11° | 12° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 14° | 13° | 13° | 12° | 12° | 12° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | N 3 | E 3 | NE 3 | E 2 | ENE 2 | E 2 | ESE 2 | ESE 2 | ESE 2 | SSE 2 | SSE 2 | SSW 2 | SW 3 | W 4 | W 4 | WNW 5 | WNW 6 | WNW 7 | NW 6 | NW 5 | NW 4 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Visibility | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | M | G | G | G | G | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG |
| Humidity | 80% | 82% | 84% | 85% | 86% | 87% | 88% | 89% | 86% | 82% | 80% | 75% | 70% | 63% | 60% | 59% | 60% | 62% | 66% | 70% | 75% | 80% | 85% | 86% |
| UV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Thursday (19 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% |
| Temperature (°C) |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 11° | 11° | 10° | 9° | 12° | 15° | 16° | 14° | 12° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | NW 3 | WNW 2 | SW 2 | SE 2 | SSW 2 | W 5 | WNW 7 | NW 5 | N 3 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 5 |
| Visibility | G | G | G | M | G | VG | VG | VG | VG |
| Humidity | 87% | 89% | 92% | 95% | 88% | 75% | 68% | 80% | 91% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
Friday (20 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | <5% | <5% | 20% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 10° | 10° | 9° | 12° | 17° | 18° | 16° | 14° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | E 2 | ENE 3 | E 3 | ESE 4 | SE 7 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 10 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 19 |
| Visibility | G | G | P | G | VG | VG | VG | VG |
| Humidity | 94% | 95% | 96% | 87% | 70% | 63% | 71% | 76% |
| UV | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - |
Saturday (21 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 40% |
| Temperature (°C) |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 12° | 11° | 11° | 13° | 17° | 18° | 17° | 15° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SE 11 | SE 11 | ESE 10 | SE 12 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 12 | SSE 12 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 22 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 24 |
| Visibility | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG |
| Humidity | 80% | 83% | 84% | 73% | 62% | 62% | 70% | 78% |
| UV | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
Sunday (22 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 40% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 30% | 10% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 15° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 13° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | S 9 | S 10 | SSW 12 | SW 11 | SSW 9 | SSW 8 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 22 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 16 |
| Visibility | G | G | G | G | VG | VG | VG | VG |
| Humidity | 82% | 85% | 87% | 85% | 76% | 73% | 77% | 84% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
Monday (23 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 10% | 30% | 10% | 10% | 40% | 40% | 40% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 12° | 12° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 14° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | S 8 | S 8 | S 9 | S 10 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | S 10 | S 11 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 20 |
| Visibility | VG | G | G | G | G | G | G | VG |
| Humidity | 88% | 90% | 92% | 87% | 77% | 76% | 81% | 84% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
North West England weather forecast
Headline:
Sunshine today and over the coming days.
Today:
After a chilly start, the region will have a dry day with light winds and plenty of sunshine. Fair weather cloud will develop in the afternoon but there will be plenty of gaps to let the sunshine through. Maximum temperature 16 °C.
Tonight:
Northwest England will have another dry and clear night. Temperatures will drop low enough to cause a few mist patches but these will clear soon after the sun rises. Minimum temperature 4 °C.
Wednesday:
Wednesday will start off chilly, but once again warm sunshine will dominate for the rest of the day. Some high cloud may gather over Cumbria. Maximum temperature 18 °C.
Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:
There will be more fine weather over the coming days with chilly nights and warm days. There is a chance that rain and stronger winds may arrive at the weekend.
Updated:
UK long range weather forecast
Dry, sunny and warm weather is expected for many on Saturday after patchy mist and fog clears in the morning. There is a chance of thicker cloud and outbreaks of heavy rain arriving in the west during the afternoon with strengthening winds. By Sunday cooler, wet and windy weather is likely to spread east, bringing a spell of rather changeable weather into the following week. There is some uncertainty as we head towards the last week of September. On balance we should see a northwest to southeast split in the weather with the strongest winds and heaviest spells of rainfall in the northwest, and the best of the dry, warm, and sunny weather in the southeast, still with some rain at times.
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Confidence remains low through this period and a number of different weather scenarios are possible. However the most likely situation is for southeastern parts of the UK see the best of the dry weather with daytime temperatures fairly warm for the time of year. Low temperatures are likely during many of the nights, bringing an increased chance of mist, fog and rural frost. Meanwhile, the northwest of the UK is more likely to keep stronger winds with heavier rain at times. It will be cloudier in the northwest leading to lower daytime temperatures here.
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