Met Office says thunderstorms could hit Greater Manchester tomorrow - hour-by-hour weather forecast

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Thunderstorms could hit Greater Manchester at the weekend. The Met Office has said that light rain showers could turn to thunder by late Saturday morning.

Saturday will still feel quite muggy, with temperatures reaching 18C. But the weather will be much more unsettled compared to how it has been this week.

Thunderstorms and rain showers are likely to be intermittent throughout most of Saturday's daylight hours, until around 9pm, the Met Office has forecast.

Here is an hour-by-hour forecast for Saturday, August 26: Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. 6am: Cloudy with a 50 per cent chance of rain 7am: Cloud remains with a 50 per cent chance of rain 8am: Skies will clear and there is just a 10 per cent chance of rain 9am: A very lost chance of rain, with skies remaining clearer 10am: 60 per cent chance of rain and thunder 11am: Skies will clear and there will be a break in heavy rainfall 12pm: Only a 10 per cent chance of rain 1pm: A mix of sun and rain, with a 30 per cent chance of showers 2pm: Thunderstorms return with a 60 per cent chance 3pm: 60 per cent chance of rain and thunderstorm 4pm: 60 per cent chance of rain and thunderstorm 5pm: Skies start to clear, with sunny spells and just a 40 per cent chance of rain 6pm: Sunny and clear and no rain expected 7pm: 50 per cent chance of rain and thunderstorm 8pm: Rain showers continue but thunder subsides 9pm: Clear skies and no rain 10pm: Clear 11pm: Clear Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Steven Keates said: “While showers are never too far away through the weekend, there will still be drier spells around and where there are breaks in the cloud on Sunday in the south it should feel quite