THE Met Office has forecast a largely cloudy and cool weekend for Leigh, with showers becoming more likely later on Friday.
Friday will be overcast, with temperatures reaching around 11C and falling to about 8C overnight.
The morning looks mostly dry despite extensive cloud, with rain probabilities generally below 5 to 10 per cent between 6am and midday.
The chance of rain increases through the afternoon, from around 20 per cent at 1pm to 3pm, to 30 per cent at 4pm and 40 per cent at 5pm.
Rain becomes considerably more likely during the evening, with probabilities rising to around 60 per cent from 6pm to 10pm, before easing slightly to 50 per cent around midnight.
Winds look light throughout, generally around 2 to 3mph during the day, easing towards 1mph during the evening.
Gusts reach around 12mph at lunchtime, before gradually dropping to around 4mph later.
The direction varies through the day, rather than showing a sustained wind from one direction.
For outdoor plans, the morning into early afternoon offers the best dry window, although skies are expected to remain grey.
Saturday remains overcast, with a daytime maximum of around 10C and an overnight minimum of 6C.
Temperatures sit near 8C through the morning, rising to around 10C during the afternoon and then slipping back through the evening.
Showers remain possible for much of the day.
Rain probabilities are around 40 per cent at 6am and 7am, falling to around 30 per cent for much of the morning.
The risk fluctuates between 20 and 40 per cent during the afternoon and early evening, before dropping to around 30 per cent later.
Conditions should be relatively calm despite the unsettled outlook.
Average winds remain around 1 to 2mph, with gusts generally 4 to 6mph.
Sunday looks like the best day of the weekend, with sunny intervals replacing the extensive cloud of Friday and Saturday.
The temperature reaches around 10C, with a night-time minimum of approximately 4C shown in the daily forecast.
Early temperatures are around 7C to 8C, rising to 10C during the afternoon before dropping steadily through the evening.
There is a 20 per cent chance of rain at 6am, falling to around 10 per cent for most of the daytime.
From around 7pm onwards, the probability drops below 5 per cent, suggesting a mostly dry evening.
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