Map Locations
  • Help
  • We are hiring!
Find wind and weather
  • Wind and weather map
  • Spots and locations
Tools
  • Wind speed table
  • Weather widget
About us
  • Windfinder apps
  • At a glance
  • History & press
  • For businesses
Services
  • Historical weather data
  • Advertise with us!
  • News
  • Manage Cookies
Legal
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy policy
  • Imprint
Back to Maps

Wind & weather forecast Leigh / The Flash

Facebook
Maps
  • Forecast
  • Superforecast
  • Report
  • Statistics
  • Webcams

Daily forecast

as
Tables Bird's-eye
Print this forecast Embed this forecast
Last update: 04:37 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)

Wednesday, Jan 21

Wind
Weather
00h
139° SE
12 kts
max 26 kts
99%
2.62 mm
7° C
981 hpa
03h
157° SSE
5 kts
max 13 kts
91%
1.38 mm
6° C
980 hpa
06h
150° SSE
7 kts
max 16 kts
53%
4° C
978 hpa
09h
120° ESE
10 kts
max 25 kts
99%
5° C
976 hpa
12h
111° ESE
15 kts
max 32 kts
99%
1.44 mm
6° C
972 hpa
15h
133° SE
13 kts
max 28 kts
99%
8° C
970 hpa
18h
127° SE
14 kts
max 29 kts
99%
8° C
971 hpa
21h
125° SE
14 kts
max 30 kts
99%
8° C
972 hpa

Thursday, Jan 22

Wind
Weather
00h
131° SE
12 kts
max 25 kts
99%
8° C
974 hpa
03h
123° ESE
10 kts
max 21 kts
99%
0.56 mm
8° C
974 hpa
06h
122° ESE
9 kts
max 21 kts
99%
8° C
975 hpa
09h
109° ESE
8 kts
max 20 kts
99%
1.12 mm
8° C
976 hpa
12h
108° ESE
10 kts
max 22 kts
99%
1.75 mm
8° C
975 hpa
15h
97° E
11 kts
max 24 kts
66%
7° C
975 hpa
18h
95° E
12 kts
max 23 kts
99%
6° C
973 hpa
21h
143° SE
15 kts
max 26 kts
91%
2.56 mm
7° C
971 hpa
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)

Friday, Jan 23

Wind
Weather
00h
121° ESE
11 kts
max 21 kts
99%
0.62 mm
7° C
972 hpa
03h
139° SE
10 kts
max 22 kts
39%
0.56 mm
6° C
973 hpa
06h
114° ESE
12 kts
max 26 kts
99%
6° C
973 hpa
09h
110° ESE
13 kts
max 28 kts
99%
5° C
973 hpa
12h
109° ESE
15 kts
max 28 kts
99%
6° C
973 hpa
15h
116° ESE
9 kts
max 18 kts
99%
2.06 mm
5° C
975 hpa
18h
114° ESE
10 kts
max 21 kts
3%
5° C
977 hpa
21h
112° ESE
9 kts
max 23 kts
0%
5° C
979 hpa

Saturday, Jan 24

Wind
Weather
00h
99° E
10 kts
max 24 kts
49%
4° C
979 hpa
03h
98° E
11 kts
max 27 kts
4%
4° C
980 hpa
06h
103° ESE
11 kts
max 26 kts
78%
4° C
980 hpa
09h
94° E
13 kts
max 30 kts
39%
4° C
981 hpa
12h
99° E
15 kts
max 30 kts
20%
6° C
981 hpa
15h
102° ESE
15 kts
max 31 kts
34%
7° C
980 hpa
18h
109° ESE
16 kts
max 31 kts
99%
6° C
980 hpa
21h
105° ESE
17 kts
max 32 kts
99%
6° C
979 hpa
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)

Sunday, Jan 25

Wind
Weather
00h
106° ESE
17 kts
max 32 kts
97%
6° C
977 hpa
03h
114° ESE
17 kts
max 32 kts
99%
6° C
976 hpa
06h
118° ESE
13 kts
max 24 kts
99%
6° C
977 hpa
09h
116° ESE
12 kts
max 22 kts
99%
6° C
979 hpa
12h
112° ESE
11 kts
max 18 kts
99%
6° C
981 hpa
15h
97° E
9 kts
max 17 kts
99%
6° C
982 hpa
18h
95° E
9 kts
max 19 kts
99%
5° C
985 hpa
21h
98° E
9 kts
max 18 kts
99%
5° C
988 hpa

Monday, Jan 26

Wind
Weather
00h
101° E
8 kts
max 17 kts
99%
4° C
989 hpa
03h
110° ESE
8 kts
max 19 kts
99%
5° C
989 hpa
06h
116° ESE
10 kts
max 22 kts
99%
5° C
989 hpa
09h
123° ESE
11 kts
max 25 kts
99%
5° C
988 hpa
12h
128° SE
13 kts
max 27 kts
99%
5° C
986 hpa
15h
133° SE
15 kts
max 30 kts
99%
1.19 mm
6° C
981 hpa
18h
136° SE
13 kts
max 28 kts
99%
6.12 mm
4° C
979 hpa
21h
123° ESE
11 kts
max 23 kts
99%
0.88 mm
4° C
976 hpa
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)

Tuesday, Jan 27

Wind
Weather
00h
123° ESE
5 kts
max 14 kts
99%
7.56 mm
2° C
973 hpa
03h
35° NE
3 kts
max 4 kts
99%
8.06 mm
1° C
972 hpa
06h
355° N
3 kts
max 6 kts
99%
0.5 mm
2° C
971 hpa
09h
315° NW
4 kts
max 10 kts
99%
2° C
971 hpa
12h
323° NW
7 kts
max 14 kts
52%
2° C
971 hpa
15h
308° NW
6 kts
max 15 kts
83%
3° C
972 hpa
18h
314° NW
5 kts
max 15 kts
27%
2° C
974 hpa
21h
292° WNW
8 kts
max 19 kts
12%
2° C
977 hpa

Wednesday, Jan 28

Wind
Weather
00h
304° NW
10 kts
max 20 kts
61%
2° C
978 hpa
03h
290° WNW
8 kts
max 20 kts
99%
2° C
980 hpa
06h
282° WNW
7 kts
max 20 kts
99%
1° C
980 hpa
09h
285° WNW
6 kts
max 19 kts
76%
2° C
981 hpa
12h
282° WNW
6 kts
max 16 kts
65%
4° C
982 hpa
15h
276° W
6 kts
max 12 kts
79%
5° C
982 hpa
18h
352° N
1 kts
max 1 kts
4%
3° C
983 hpa
21h
95° E
3 kts
max 4 kts
9%
2° C
982 hpa
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)

Thursday, Jan 29

Wind
Weather
00h
93° E
4 kts
max 10 kts
99%
1° C
981 hpa
03h
120° ESE
6 kts
max 17 kts
99%
5.44 mm
3° C
979 hpa
06h
118° ESE
5 kts
max 15 kts
99%
1.88 mm
3° C
978 hpa
09h
87° E
4 kts
max 10 kts
99%
3° C
977 hpa
12h
69° ENE
5 kts
max 10 kts
99%
3° C
974 hpa
15h
73° ENE
7 kts
max 15 kts
99%
3° C
971 hpa
18h
75° ENE
11 kts
max 23 kts
99%
3° C
968 hpa
21h
68° ENE
11 kts
max 23 kts
99%
1.94 mm
3° C
966 hpa

Friday, Jan 30

Wind
Weather
00h
58° ENE
8 kts
max 15 kts
99%
3° C
967 hpa
03h
12° NNE
6 kts
max 14 kts
99%
3° C
970 hpa
06h
335° NNW
6 kts
max 13 kts
99%
3° C
974 hpa
09h
318° NW
5 kts
max 11 kts
99%
3° C
979 hpa
12h
305° NW
4 kts
max 7 kts
99%
5° C
983 hpa
15h
273° W
3 kts
max 10 kts
95%
5° C
985 hpa
18h
190° S
3 kts
max 3 kts
71%
3° C
986 hpa
21h
121° ESE
6 kts
max 15 kts
97%
2° C
986 hpa

Nearby spots (within 25 km)

  • Leigh
    1km
  • Tyldesley
    3km
  • Atherton
    3km
  • Glazebury
    3km
  • Pennington Flash
    4km
  • Westhoughton
    5km
  • Culcheth
    6km

Find more spots like this

Look at our wind map to find more spots among our 160,000 spots.

Find spot or weather station

Leigh / The Flash popularity

In United Kingdom
Most visited spots in United Kingdom
In England
Most visited spots in England
Worldwide
Most visited spots worldwide

Most popular spots in United Kingdom

Have a look at the top kitesurfing, windsurfing, sailing, surfing or fishing spots in United Kingdom

Most visited spots in United Kingdom
Most visited spots worldwide

Additional information

General

This is the wind, wave and weather forecast for Leigh / The Flash in England, United Kingdom. Windfinder specializes in wind, waves, tides and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing, fishing or paragliding.

Forecast

This forecast is based on the GFS model. Forecasts are available worldwide. The horizontal resolution is about 13 km. Forecasts are computed 4 times a day, at about 5:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 5:00 PM and 11:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time. Predictions are available in time steps of 3 hours for up to 10 days into the future. The arrows point in the direction in which the wind is blowing.

Check the wind forecast for Leigh / The Flash when you search for the best travel destinations for your kiteboarding, windsurfing or sailing vacations in United Kingdom. Or use our wind forecast to find the wind speed today in Leigh / The Flash or to have a look at the wind direction tomorrow at Leigh / The Flash.

Statistics

For statistical and historical real weather data see the wind and weather statistics for this location.

Severe Weather Warnings

When a severe weather warning or advisory is provided by the local meteorological institute, we display it as a banner above the wind forecast.
The weather warning, for example a high wind warning, can help you prepare for dangerous weather conditions and avoid weather-related risks. The color scale indicates the intensity of the predicted weather event. For more details click or tap on the warning. General information about severe weather warnings can be found in our help section.
Please be aware that severe weather may occur without a prior severe weather warning being reported.

Units

We use knots and degrees Celsius as our default units. These units are often used by sailors, kiters, surfers, windsurfers and paragliders. Use website settings to switch between units and 7 different languages at any time. For converting between wind speed units such as knots, km/h (kilometers per hour), m/s (meters per second), and mph (miles per hour) use our wind speed calculator.

Help

If you need more information about our wind forecast for Leigh / The Flash, have a look at our help section.

  1. Home
  2. Forecasts & reports
  3. United Kingdom
  4. Forecast Leigh / The Flash
Windfinder apps
Download the Windfinder App for iOS on the Appstore Download the Windfinder App for Android on Google Play
Learn more about our apps
Wind and weather
  • Weather maps
  • Forecasts & reports
  • Locations
Services
  • Help & FAQs
  • Windfinder apps
  • Historical weather data
  • Weather widgets
  • Wind speed table
  • For businesses / API
  • Manage Cookies
Company
  • About Windfinder
  • History & press
  • Advertise with us!
  • News / Blog
  • We are hiring!
Connect with us
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • © Windfinder.com 2025
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Imprint