Yet more rain to come and no sign of significant cold or snow

Winter is here and December has started as November ended, with plenty of rainfall.

Oldham weather expert Jon Baylis reports that we only had eight days without measurable rain in November and 169mm of rain.

This is the second wettest November Jon has recorded since records begin in 2012.

The wettest being 2015.

There are a lot of clickbait, attention-seeking posts everywhere about copious amounts of snow coming and bitter-cold - utter nonsense.

It’s always around at this time of year but this year it is worse than ever as local media search for clicks and likes.

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

Tomorrow (Friday): A chilly start with some patchy frost and fog.

Dry with sunny spells for most for the morning, but cloudier into the afternoon with more rain arriving in time for the evening.

Feeling cold, especially later on and into the evening as winds strengthen from the south-east, possibly gale-force at times.

Max 8°C Min 5°C Max Gusts 45mph.

Weekend: Low pressure in charge.

Saturday: Showery rain will be coming and going but winds do look lighter than late on Friday.

Slightly milder too but it’s the overcast, dull and dank conditions that are so depressing.

Max 11°C Min 7°C Max Gusts 20mph.

Sunday: A few showers around for the morning but these should ease away for a time with some brightness.

Cloud thickening once again ahead of rain forecast for the afternoon and evening.

Some uncertainty on the timing and position of this rain-band so look out for forecasts on social media.

Max 11°C Min 4°C Max Gusts 25mph.

Outlook: It looks like an unsettled week.

Plenty of low pressure systems, bringing wind and rain at times.

Some drier spells in between.

No sign of any high pressure yet, to settle things down and bring some frosty days back.

No snow/significant cold expected.

Lets hope we’re saving all the snow for Christmas Day.

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

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