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22.07.2023 - 17:13 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Heavy rain has battered Greater Manchester over the last 24-hours. A month's worth of rain was forecast to fall over this weekend across parts of the UK, with a yellow weather warning for rain issued for over Sunday (July 23).
The rain fell uninterrupted throughout Saturday morning (July 22) - putting day four of the Ashes test at Old Trafford under threat - before subsiding for much of the afternoon. The threat of rain never really went away however, and is set to return on Sunday.
Heavy rain is set to return across Greater Manchester on Saturday night. The MetOffice gives a 90 per cent chance of this continuing until at least midday.
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Looking at the forecast for all boroughs of Greater Manchester rain is predicted to fall all day. In the mid-afternoon the MetOffice gives at least a 50 per cent chance of rain fall, before the chances go closer to 100 per cent again into the evening.
Temperatures are only set to reach highs of 17oC amongst the rain. It will drop down to an even cooler 13oC by the late evening.
The weather radar does seem to paint a different pictures however. Nearly all of Greater Manchester, except some areas of Tameside and Rochdale, are not shown to be hit by any rain by 4pm.
Western boroughs such as Wigan and Bolton should be clear of rain slightly earlier than this. The radar shows most of Greater Manchester should be clear of rain until around 10pm, which settles in until the early hours.
Monday does look clear for the north west. The MetOffice forecast for the north west is given as: "A wet morning with heavy and persistent rain. Rain continuing throughout much of the day, turning somewhat lighter and
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