Wednesday weather forecast for Merseyside and Liverpool - plus five-day forecast

As we move towards the middle of the week, we're likely to see patchy showers across our region, while there's an 85% chance of rain in Southport. Temperatures are staying mild at 12°C.

At the back end of the week, temperatures are climbing and that rain looks like it'll have cleared apart from Southport, where it remains wet. Sunshine expected across the rest of the region with highs of 17°C.

And looking at the five day forecast now, as we get past those midweek showers it looks like it's going to become dry.

As we move toward the weekend it's going to be sunny and mild with temperatures reaching highs of 16°C. There is a chance of showers on Sunday and its going to get much colder, dropping to a cool 9°C.