Hi all,

We’ve had more decent weather this week. It really has been a good spring so far and very dry. We are well-below average rainfall since the start of February.

The last day of April saw my warmest April day on record. My data goes back to 2013. The max was 25.9°C recorded at 4:49pm.

Humidity levels have been low too. Perfect drying weather.

For the NW of England it’s been the driest Feb-Apr period since 1938. Thanks to @kevirlam on X for this stat.

Thursday: Hot, with sunny spells and feeling more humid. It will be the last summer-like temperatures of this week as temperatures will cool off as a weakening cold-front comes down from the northwest. There will also be another weather-front to the south of the UK. So, the air will be a little bit more unstable on Thursday and with the heat there is just a chance (15%) that we see some isolated showers breaking out which could be locally heavy and thundery. Currently this is more likely to happen to the south of our region. Max 26°C Min 8°C

Friday: It looks like we’ll be in the middle of decaying weather-fronts, so a dry day is expected with plenty of sunny spells. Cooler than recently which some of you will be thankful for and dry. Cool overnight. Max 20°C Min 6°C

Long Weekend: Question marks over the bank holiday.

Saturday: Looks like a decent day with bright spells, dry and light winds. Temperatures still above average so feeling pleasant out there but a cool wind developing later. Cold night. Max 19°C Min 4°C

Sunday: Some uncertainty but it looks like a pool of colder air will drift in from the north/northeast with some thicker cloud making it feel chilly. Western areas could well hang on to some sunshine and temperatures warmer here. Winds will be gusty. Max 12-16°C Min 5°C Max Gusts 25mph

Bank Holiday Monday: Looks chilly with cloud dragged in on a cold wind from the northeast. Should remain dry. Warmer to the sheltered west/southwest. Cold night. Max 13°C Min 3°C

Outlook: A lot of dry weather and temperatures slowly recovering. Days of bright or sunny spells. The wait for unsettled weather with plenty of rain goes on.

Follow @ChadWeather on X and Bluesky for the latest forecasts and warnings.

Thanks,

Jon

Forecast Issued: Wednesday the 30th of April 2025 at 8:35pm.

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Hi all,

We’ve had some welcome rain this week, 4.2mm on Easter Monday. Typical that it rains on a Bank Holiday but Easter Sunday was a cracker. It wasn’t exactly cracking the flags, only 16°C, but plenty of sunshine was on offer and it felt warm.

It’s been a very dry 2025 and spring so far. So far in 2025 we’ve had only 58% of the average rainfall. These stats below show how dry it’s been with 44% of that rainfall falling on just 4 days.

Thursday: Not a bad day. Bright or sunny spells and very pleasant in the sun. Cloud will bubble up enough to produce a localised shower or two but most will stay dry. With inland convection going on this means west will be best with more sunshine along the coast. Cloud thickening overnight. Max 17°C Min 7°C

Friday: A bright start but clouding over from the west with some patchy rain arriving later in the day. Cooler with a slight breeze picking up. Max 15°C Min 8°C

Weekend: Improving into Sunday.

Saturday: Cloudy with morning rain, albeit patchy and light. Drier later with sunny spells. Max 15°C Min 7°C

Sunday: Sunny spells developing and temperatures responding nicely. Feeling warmer but a stiff southwesterly wind at times. Max 19°C Min 8°C

Outlook: The first half of next week looks good. Warm with sunny spells and the potential for some very warm temperatures. 21°C or more possible. If the weather patterns go to the forecast we could see 23°C easily. Dry throughout the week with sunny spells. The warmth might just trigger some home-grown showers later in the week. There is some uncertainty on how long the warmer-than-average spell lasts next week so look out for social media updates. At this stage it looks like it will cool off/break from the Friday.

Follow @ChadWeather on X and Bluesky for the latest forecasts and warnings.

Thanks,

Jon

Forecast Issued: Wednesday the 23rd of April 2025 at 5:40pm.

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Hi all,

Our amazing first half of April is over and we’ve finally measured some rainfall this month. It is going to be a bit more unsettled over the next week or so. Pinning down how wet it’s going to be will be tricky as there will be weather-fronts close by, especially to the west, which is likely to see the wettest weather over the next few days.

If you’re looking for the best day of the week then Thursday and Saturday look the best.

Thursday: A much better day with plenty of sunny spells and breezy. Dry for most if not all. Just the low risk of an isolated shower breaking out. Feeling warm in the sunshine. UV levels moderate. Max 15°C Min 5°C Max Gusts 20mph

Friday: Temperatures still quite respectable on Friday. But any early brightness will fade as cloud will thicken from the west and southwest. There is a bit of uncertainty on where rain will fall on Friday, but any rain is expected to be mostly to the west with eastern areas remaining dry but cloudy. Max 16°C Min 6°C Max Gusts 20mph

Weekend: Hopeful but changes possible so look out for updates on social media.

Saturday: The forecast for the weekend over the last couple of days has flipped and flopped. One minute showery rain the next dry with sunny spells. At the moment the latter is favourable for Saturday with the UK surrounded by low pressure, we should be sitting pretty in between with sunny spells. Dry but windy, a keen northeasterly developing, taking the edge off the temperature. Max 14°C Min 3°C Max Gusts 30mph

Sunday: The northeasterly airflow is likely to start to drag some cloud in off the North Sea. So after a bright start it will cloud over but it should remain dry. Any brightness into the afternoon is likely to be the further west you are. Feeling chilly in a gusty wind. Max 14°C Min 5°C Max Gusts 25mph

Outlook: A reasonably active Jet Stream next week will mean we will see the occasional unsettled spell, so expect days with a few bright spells but equally some showers or showery rain at times. A bit of a mix. Anyone missing those endless days of blue skies yet?

Follow @ChadWeather on X and Bluesky for the latest forecasts and warnings.

Thanks,

Jon

Forecast Issued: Wednesday the 16th of April 2025 at 9:18am.

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Hi all,

What a spell of weather we’re currently experiencing. It’s been immense. There’s no better weather than a crisp morning with overnight frost melting and then the warmth of the rising sun leading to a day of blue clear skies. Bliss. Of course, I’m referring to this week as opposed to last week, which had a strong and gusty wind with a biting edge to it. Also, it’s not been massively warm but it will be at the back end of this week.

So change is coming. What change can we expect? After a very long dry spell, where we’ve only had 14 days of rain out of the last 58 days, and with high pressure that’s been around or close by for what seems like weeks now, it is eventually going to be replaced with more unsettled west or southwesterly winds. We will then have a low pressure anchored out in the Atlantic which is likely to throw bands of showers our way.

Change is not expected until Sunday or even Monday. At this stage, with it being 4-5 days away, there is a bit of uncertainty on how unsettled it gets. The most likely scenario at the moment is obviously we see the return of cloudier skies and the risk of showers breaking out. This looks like it might last a few days before a ridge of high pressure starts to nudge in from the Azores which will improve conditions once again, but the days of unbroken sunshine will certainly be coming to an end later this weekend. There is certainly no sign of any snow or a significantly cold snap which the media keeps “promising”.

Thursday: High pressure is now sitting on top of the UK. So with light winds we can expect another chilly start with a touch of ground-frost. Another cracking day follows, dry with wall-to-wall sunshine. Just perhaps a little hazy at times. Feeling very pleasant indeed. Temperatures up a notch too. Max 18°C Min 3°C

Friday: Very little change. Blue skies and plenty of warm sunshine after a cool start. Don’t be surprised locally to see somewhere reach 20°C. Not as cold overnight. Max 20°C Min 6°C

Weekend: Cooler & cloudier on Sunday.

Saturday: The final day of this fantastic weather, so make the most of it. Very warm for the time of year, likely the warmest day so far, with plenty of sunshine, but some cloud could bubble up later on. Winds still remaining light and dry. Max 21°C Min 7°C

Sunday: A keen westerly wind will bring much cooler conditions throughout. We will also see more in the way of cloud but also a few bright or sunny spells. Most places should be dry but we can’t rule out some scattered showers as the weather begins to break. Max 14°C Min 5°C

Outlook: An area of low pressure will establish itself out west in the Atlantic. This will bring us brisk southwesterly winds and occasional bands of showers for the first few days of next week. Temperatures back to normal. Later in the week, a ridge of high pressure from the Azores should nudge in to bring drier conditions and some sunny spells, but nothing like the days of blue skies that we’ve seen over the last 2 weeks. No sign of anything significantly cold nor warm on the horizon. Rain-wise, as mentioned previously, there will be some showers around but rainfall amounts are still expected to be quite low.

Follow @ChadWeather on X and Bluesky for the latest forecasts and warnings.

Thanks as always for stopping by to read.

Thanks,

Jon

Forecast Issued: Tuesday the 8th of April 2025 at 8:32pm.

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Hi all,

As forecasts go, this looks pretty much straightforward this week with high pressure in charge. It can be tricky sometimes to forecast the weather when high pressure is in charge, especially this time of the year with still relatively cool mornings and depending on the wind direction, cloud can get trapped under a high and be really stubborn to clear. But with the setup this week and also a breeze/strong wind to break any cloud up, plus humidity levels relatively low, it looks like this high pressure is going to deliver a lot of sunshine.

This sunshine is now quite strong, but still only bringing medium UV levels for a few hours around lunchtime, but the sun is now as strong as early-September.

Monday was disappointing this week but that wasn’t due to cloud getting stuck under a high pressure, that was due to a weather-front to our northwest being further southeast than expected, and the cloud was thick enough, so it didn’t slowly thin until later in the day.

Rain. When will it rain next? The answer to that is, it looks like it could well be close to a couple of weeks before we see the return to unsettled conditions and spells of wind and rain.

The high pressure that’s over us at the moment will slip away but only to be replaced by another one and that high is expected to hang around into next week and our weather will have an omega block, which means, as per diagram below, a very stubborn pattern to shift. Now if you have this block with a cloudy-high, you then end up with anticyclonic gloom which can lead to very dank and boring weather days. But this time the forecast suggests that it will be days of sunshine instead.

The high pressure also means settled weather which means dry weather. It’s pretty much getting to the time now, after a dry February, and the driest March for 60 years across parts of the UK, where we need to water the gardens. This dry start to spring is not unusual, but if we have a relatively dry remainder of spring then we only need a dry and hot at times, summer to lead to really dry conditions across the UK and possibly a drought. But it is the UK after all. So it’s more likely to become wetter-than-average once again. What late-spring and summer brings? Nobody knows.

Has the risk of frost passed? Not quite. With clear skies and, at times, winds easing overnight, there will be some pockets of frost, mostly a ground-frost with surface temperatures down to -1°C. So water the gardens in the morning if you can.

Thursday: One of the warmest days of the week, especially the further west you are. Plenty of sunshine after a cool start but it will be very windy at times, especially gusty on the western side of the Pennines. Max 19°C Min 3°C Max Gusts 35mph

Friday: More of the same. Sunny and warm but feeling it more so if you’re sheltered from the gusty wind. High diurnal values. Max 20°C Min 2°C Wind Gusts 30mph

Weekend: Cooler but still plenty of sunshine.

Saturday: Slightly cooler air from the northeast but still a great day with wall-to-wall sunshine expected. Feeling cool in the neverending breeze. Ground-frost for most overnight. Max 15°C Min 0°C Wind Gusts 25mph

Sunday: Sunny and pleasant if you can find some shelter. Hopefully the wind will begin to ease a little. Dry and warm at times. Cold overnight. Max 16°C Min 1°C Wind Gusts 20mph

Outlook: It looks like high pressure stays in charge and winds will not be as strong as this week so feeling warmer as temperatures recover to the late-teens again. Plenty of sunshine and dry conditions. Cool nights with still some ground-frosts. Perfect. UV levels up to 4.

Follow @ChadWeather on X and Bluesky for the latest forecasts and warnings.

Thanks,

Jon

Forecast Issued: Wednesday the 2nd of April 2025 at 5:11pm.

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