After the snow and floods - what next?

We enter meteorological winter in this forecast, but after some snow last week; is there anymore on the way?

No, insists Oldham weather expert Jon Baylis.

And to be fair, very little sign of anything particularly cold apart from some chilly nights once we get another very mild spell out of the way.

After last week’s snow, much milder air pushed in and introduced a rapid-thaw, leading to localised flooding.

Plus, add 2-3 inches of rain on top of that too.

Temperatures continued to climb Saturday night and managed to be steady at 14°C overnight.

A couple of degrees higher down south.

That's exceptional for the time of year.

Anyway, here's Jon's latest in-depth forecast:

Today (Thursday): A cold and frosty start with some patchy fog and ice.

A decent but cold day with plenty of late-autumn sunshine on offer.

Clear spells continue overnight but the wind will increase and this will help to drag in milder air from the southwest, so no frost overnight.

If anything temperatures will rise during the night albeit slowly.

Max 6°C Min 5°C.

Friday: Weather-fronts will be gathering out west but we’ll have another dry day with bright or sunny spells.

Notably windy taking the edge off the slightly milder temperatures.

Max 10°C Min 8°C.

Weekend: Very mild and eventually wet.

Saturday: A windy and mostly cloudy day but it should remain dry for daylight hours.

Some bright spells.

Max 13°C Min 10°C.

Sunday: Those rain-bearing fronts out west are likely to slip in across the region bringing periods of rain which will become showery in nature as a ridge of high pressure builds from the west, decaying the rain-band.

Still mild but a cooler night.

Max 13°C Min 6°C.

Outlook: A brief ridge of high pressure should mean Monday and Tuesday are drier but cooler with plenty of cloud and some brightness.

After that it looks like the low pressure systems in the Atlantic will win out bringing spells of wind, rain and milder conditions, with short bursts of cooler air and some bright spells after the lows clear into the North Sea.

Long-term there were some hints at colder-than-average air returning for mid-December.

If this trend looks more favourable Jon will post some thoughts on social media.

Follow @ChadWeather on X and Bluesky (search Oldham Weather) for the latest forecasts and warnings.

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