We're unlikely to see any significant cold before mid-December

After a recent cold snap, it’s now all change and back to the milder weather, insists Oldham weather expert Jon Baylis.

December itself was looking quite interesting for cold conditions with everything becoming quite favourable, but for now this is taking a backseat and we can expect the first half of December to be mostly mild or even very mild at times with occasional spells of rain and wind.

If you love the snow and you want some significant cold then don’t get your hopes up until the second half of December.

Jon isn't not a fan of doing long-range forecasts and this is not obviously a concrete outlook, but it’s more likely than not to turn out that way.

Here's his latest in-depth forecast for the weekend ahead:

Today (Thursday): We are now in a warm-sector.

This means we are in between weather-fronts and we are in the mild air for now.

A windy and mostly overcast day with a few areas of showery rain around.

Pleasant in any brightness. Low visibility on the tops.

Much milder than recently.

Max 14°C Min 7°C Max Gusts 30mph.

Friday: Not as mild on Friday and another windy day with occasional bands of showers and dry conditions in between.

Max 10°C Min 3°C Max Gusts 30mph.

Weekend: Not a bad weekend to be fair, but cooler.

Saturday: We should still see some showers around, but they should tend to ease into the afternoon as a ridge of high pressure builds.

Winds will be lighter than recently and with clear skies overnight, it’s likely that a frost will return.

Max 7°C Min -1°C.

Sunday: A cold and frosty start with a few mist patches, sunny spells for a time and then skies becoming hazy as cloud thickens later in the day ahead of a change to rain again on Monday.

Max 7°C Min 3°C.

Outlook: It looks likely that we will see some rain on Monday and with winds returning to a southwesterly direction it will be milder once again.

The rest of the week does seem to be reasonably unsettled with occasional showers or rain and temperatures sitting at around average.

Jon does not think we will see any significant cold or a risk of snow in the first half of December.

The second half of December is way off, but hopefully we see something resembling winter.

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

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