Humid for a time with some thundery rain or showers before slowly settling down

Oldham weather expert Jon Baylis's weekly forecast is back after a few weeks off and a cracking holiday in Zante.

While Jon was away it pretty much rained every day back home and the very dry conditions have eased with more rain in the last 2-3 weeks than there has been in the previous few months.

Yesterday, Wednesday, we picked up a southeasterly feed which is dragging in much warmer and humid air.

You will have noticed that it’s turned out on Wednesday to be a very warm day, but the question is how long are these conditions set to last?

It’s going to remain humid for a couple of days, but we aren’t going to be seeing wall-to-wall sunshine.

Weather-fronts will be moving in from the west and the southwest during Thursday and Friday so we are expecting some rain which could be thundery at times.

It’ll be fresher by the weekend.

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

Today (Thursday): It’ll be a warm and humid start with some sunny spells, but cloud will soon increase from the southwest.

As we head towards the afternoon, a band of thundery rain is expected to arrive lasting a few hours.

Later in the day and heading towards late-evening it should become drier but it’ll still remain muggy leading to a uncomfortable night for sleeping.

Max 23°C Min 15°C.

Friday: Friday will be another humid day with some sunny spells, but cloud will bubble up later into the afternoon and there will be some isolated thundery showers breaking out which will be hit-and-miss.

Once these move through, especially overnight away to the north of the region, slightly fresher air will arrive behind them.

Max 24°C Min 12°C.

Weekend: Not too bad at all.

Saturday: Sunny spells after any overnight rain pushes away to the north.

Jon can’t rule out a dry day with a few showers breaking out into the afternoon, again these could be thunderstorms.

Otherwise not too bad and feeling fresher.

Max 20°C Min 10°C.

Sunday: It looks like a decent day with conditions perfect as the humidity has now moved on.

Sunny spells, dry and a little bit breezy.

Max 19°C Min 10°C.

Outlook: As we head into next week, high pressure will initially ridge up from the Azores but for the first few days we will get some cloud coming round the high pressure from the northwest, but is it expected to stay mostly dry.

Later in the week the high pressure will centre itself across the UK and we can expect the week to be dry with plenty of sunny spells and because of the wind direction, temperatures are expected to be around normal with no heatwave or high humidity expected.

Beyond this is uncertain so make the most of next week and enjoy some pleasant temperatures.

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

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