Following a warm spell over the weekend temperatures are set to drop on Easter Monday in Manchester. It should remain dry over the course of the day, although it will be cloudy overhead.
29.03.2022 - 13:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
After glorious weather and highs of 19C in Greater Manchester last week, the weather is changing drastically. Temperatures are expected to plummet, dropping as low as -1C in some parts of the region this week.
It will feel a lot cooler as average temperatures of around 4C to 5C are forecast. Snow is predicted to hit some areas of Greater Manchester on Wednesday (30 March), while it will be very cloudy and wet for others.
A Met Office spokesperson told the Manchester Evening News: "Temperatures have already started to drop for most compared with the last week, but that trend will continue on Tuesday, with a cloudy day for most and a band of rain gradually moving southwards from the north of Scotland heralding a change to colder conditions.
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"The band of rain will continue to sink south on Wednesday, with a change to colder conditions sweeping across much of the UK. For those in the north of the UK, especially on the higher ground, this could fall as a wintry mix of sleet and snow."
Here's where and when the snow showers will fall in Greater Manchester, according to The Weather Channel...
It will be a wet day in Oldham with light showers all day until 3pm. Rain and snow is forecast at 4pm, with light snow and then a snow shower predicted at 7pm.
Snow and rain is forecast from 10am until 12 noon and then again from 4pm until 6pm. A snow shower is then forecast between 7pm and 8pm.
It will be a cloudy day in Tameside, with light rain showers expected all day until 3pm. Rain and snow showers are predicted between 6pm and 7pm.
No snow is due in Bolton on Wednesday, but it will be a cloudy day with light rain showers until 5pm.
No snow is forecast in Bury,
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