Greater Manchester is set for a rainy and cloudy couple of days - before weather conditions brighten and warm up towards the end of the week. By Saturday, Met Office forecasters predict temperatures will climb to around 24C with largely sunny and dry conditions expected. But before the weekend, conditions are expected to be mostly cloudy with some rain showers forecast for our region.
Today (Tuesday) downpours are predicted for this afternoon with some cloudy intervals. Temperatures will reach a high of around 19C. READ NEXT: The ‘beautiful’ beach two hours from Manchester you’ve probably driven past without realising it’s there It will feel slightly warmer on Wednesday as the mercury climbs to a high of 22C, though more cloudy conditions are expected with some light rain showers predicted in the afternoon.
Sunny and cloudy intervals are forecast in our region on Thursday with highs of around 19C. A similar picture is predicted on Friday before conditions brighten up on Saturday, with wall-to-wall sunshine and highs of 22C forecast, according to the Met Office. Sunday and Monday are then set to be very warm as the mercury climbs to 24C.
The Met Office said a similar picture is forecast for much of the UK through the week, as wet weather makes way for drier conditions. Chief meteorologist Dan Suri said: "A frontal system arriving to the west and northwest of the UK will become slow moving on Tuesday, with 25-40mm of rain likely quite widely within the warning area, whi.