The warm weather is forecast to stick around in Greater Manchester, with mostly clear skies and highs of 18C today (Thursday 21 April).
Despite a chilly start in the north west, another 'fine day with plenty of sunshine' is on the cards, according to the Met Office. By this afternoon conditions will feel 'pleasantly warm,' although it will still be 'slightly breezier' than yesterday.
If you're heading out and making the most of the warm weather, bear in mind that the pollen count is set to be high today. The weather will remain dry through the evening and into the overnight period, with temperatures dropping to 8C in the small hours of Friday morning.
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Friday will remain warm but conditions will become a lot more cloudy, especially first thing. But there will be sunny intervals throughout the day, remaining dry but feeling slightly cooler than recently. Temperatures will peak at 16C.
As we head into the weekend, it's forecast to remain 'mostly dry' but often cloudy. There is the chance of the 'odd shower' in some areas, but Greater Manchester seems to be steering clear of those for now.
There will be some brighter, sunnier periods across Saturday and Sunday too, but the temperature will feeler cooler still, with highs of around 14C.
Hour-by-hour forecast for Greater Manchester on Thursday, April 21
8.00am: Sunny, 11C
9.00am: Sunny, 10C
10.00am: Sunny, 12C
11.00am: Sunny, 14C
12.00: Sunny, 15C
1.00pm: Sunny, 17C
2.00pm: Sunny, 17C
3.00pm: Sunny intervals, 18C
4.00pm: Sunny intervals, 18C
5.00pm: Sunny intervals, 17C
6.00pm: Sunny, 16C
7.00pm: Sunny, 15C
8.00pm: Sunny, 14C
9.00pm: Clear, 12C
10.00pm: Clear, 11C
11.00pm: Clear, 10C
