Thousands of holidaymakers will descend on Manchester Airport today to jet off. With the unseasonal September heatwave coming to an end this week, many people will be searching for sun abroad.
25.08.2023 - 17:21 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Thunderstorms could hit Greater Manchester at the weekend. The Met Office has said that light rain showers could turn to thunder by late Saturday morning.
Saturday will still feel quite muggy, with temperatures reaching 18C. But the weather will be much more unsettled compared to how it has been this week.
Thunderstorms and rain showers are likely to be intermittent throughout most of Saturday's daylight hours, until around 9pm, the Met Office has forecast. Here is an hour-by-hour forecast for Saturday, August 26:
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6am: Cloudy with a 50 per cent chance of rain
7am: Cloud remains with a 50 per cent chance of rain
8am: Skies will clear and there is just a 10 per cent chance of rain
9am: A very lost chance of rain, with skies remaining clearer
10am: 60 per cent chance of rain and thunder
11am: Skies will clear and there will be a break in heavy rainfall
12pm: Only a 10 per cent chance of rain
1pm: A mix of sun and rain, with a 30 per cent chance of showers
2pm: Thunderstorms return with a 60 per cent chance
3pm: 60 per cent chance of rain and thunderstorm
4pm: 60 per cent chance of rain and thunderstorm
5pm: Skies start to clear, with sunny spells and just a 40 per cent chance of rain
6pm: Sunny and clear and no rain expected
7pm: 50 per cent chance of rain and thunderstorm
8pm: Rain showers continue but thunder subsides
9pm: Clear skies and no rain
10pm: Clear
11pm: Clear
Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Steven Keates said: “While showers are never too far away through the weekend, there will still be drier spells around and where there are breaks in the cloud on Sunday in the south it should feel quite
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