Lovely and warm break set to continue - for a few days

The weather has been fabulous this week once early-morning mist, fog and low-cloud cleared.

It felt lovely and warm in the sun and with light winds, and for Oldham weather expert Jon Baylis at least, this is the perfect weather and temperatures.

The rest of this week will see the sunshine remain, especially into the afternoon, but the wind is set to increase and we have a change on the way, which will be most noticeable on Sunday, or Monday.

Here' Jon's latest in-depth forecast:

Today (Thursday): High pressure still in control, but it will be drifting further northeast allowing a northeasterly wind to develop.

A cloudy start in some spots, mostly in the east, but this will eventually burn off and it’ll be another lovely day with sunny spells developing widely. 

Max 20°C Min 11°C.

Friday: Cloud will have encroached again overnight, perhaps low enough to give some patches of mist/fog.

So, away from the far west, you can expect a cloudy start to Friday. Again, as the day goes on this will break up and warm sunny spells will break through.

The northeasterly wind will be strong and gusty at times, but not as windy to the west. Low pressure will be approaching the UK from the south with a little bit of instability.

There is the outside chance of a late-in-the day shower, most likely on the Pennines. 

Max 20°C Min 12°C.

Weekend: Eventually unsettled with a risk of downpours?

Saturday: Cloudy/misty start with sunny spells developing.

Warm but windy and the risk of a shower increasing as the weather begins to break. 

Max 20°C Min 13°C.

Sunday: Low pressure drifting up from the south.

Sunny spells for the morning then showers are likely to develop, some potentially heavy and thundery.

Cooler and still that keen northeasterly wind.

Max 18°C Min 9°C.

Outlook: The Jet Stream looks set to return to the UK bringing spells of showery rain or longer spells of rain and wind, in between some brighter spells.

We will eventually lose the brisk northeasterly and southwest to westerly winds will return, driving low pressure systems across the region.

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

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