Reasonable, then a risk of more unsettled weather next week

The weather is sort of uneventful at the moment with little in the way of mobile conditions and with brief ridges of high pressure bringing warm, settled conditions, but without any wall-to-wall sunshine.

Basically average, insists Oldham weather expert Jon Baylis.

It’s not too wet at the moment either and not much rain is expected, so time to start watering those lawns and gardens.

We might not be hot on the thermometer, but that’s still a strong sun up there and it’s very warm when it’s out and the UV levels are still high.

Hard to believe August is almost here.

Yes - the last month of “summer”.

Here's Jon's latest in-depth forecast:

Today (Thursday): It will be a muggy day with moist southwesterly winds which will be quite breezy during the morning.

Cloud will be thick enough to produce some drizzle early on, but cloud should tend to thin later into the afternoon and we should see the odd bright spell which could set off a localised shower. 

Max 21°C Min 13°C.

Friday: A better day in prospect with plenty of sunny spells, but it will be windy.

Most of any showers should stay confined to the northwest of the UK, but it’s still possible that we could catch an isolated one during the afternoon.

Less humid than Thursday with fresher air in place. 

Max 20°C Min 12°C.

Weekend: Sunday looks best.

Saturday: Sunny spells and showers.

Some of them could be heavy and the wind will veer northwesterly at times and be a little gusty, especially during any downpours.

If you’re lucky enough to avoid showers then it should be quite a reasonable day with showers easing towards evening and therefore we should see more in the way of sunshine. 

Max 20°C Min 11°C.

Sunday: We’re looking at a dry day with sunny spells and lighter winds compared to Saturday.

Feeling pleasant in the sunshine and don’t forget you still burn easily at this time of year. Warmer. 

Max 23°C Min 12°C.

Outlook: It looks like next week we will see a bit more of an influence from the jet stream.

So we could see a couple of areas of low pressure bringing spells of rain and wind.

In between the Azure’s high pressure will ridge up across the southwest of the country, so will give us some brighter days and drier days in between.

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

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