Moorside (nr Oldham) weather

Headline:

Plenty of hot sunshine but risk of thunder later.

Today:

Early low cloud and fog will soon clear to plenty of sunshine through the day. There will be unbroken blue skies into the afternoon and evening and in the light winds it will feel hot. Maximum temperature 31 °C.

Tonight:

After a fine evening, thunderstorms will arrive from the south. There will be the risk of hail and some bursts of heavy rain, but it will become drier by dawn. Minimum temperature 18 °C.

Wednesday:

There will be some showers on Wednesday but it will become dry for most. In the north there will be patchy cloud, with warm sunshine developing elsewhere. Maximum temperature 26 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Thursday will see hot sunshine. There will be thunderstorms overnight, then it will turn much fresher on Friday. Sunny spells and showers will then continue on Friday and Saturday.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 23 Jul 2019

On Sunday spells of heavy and possibly thundery rain may affect Scotland and the far east and northeast of England, especially during the morning. Elsewhere sunny spells and scattered showers, but with some central and southeastern parts staying dry. At the start of next week there'll most probably be a good deal of dry weather with sunny spells, with showers most likely in the west and southwest where there may be some longer spells of rain at times. During the first week of August wet and occasionally windy weather is expected to mainly affect the northwest, with a better chance of drier and warmer weather in the south and east. Temperatures will generally be above the average, and possibly hot at times in the southeast.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 23 Jul 2019

As we move further into August, the final month of the meteorological summer, confidence is low in the forecast with no one single weather pattern looking to dominate. Whilst the north and northwest may see some spells of unsettled weather at first, with the best of the drier weather across the southeast, by the third week of August it looks as though settled weather may develop more widely for a time. However, there is also an increasing risk of showers or thunderstorms developing in the south. Temperatures are likely to be above average, perhaps more especially so in the south and southeast where hot weather on the near continent may spread in at times.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 23 Jul 2019