Parklife 2023: Hour-by-hour weather forecast for Heaton Park on Saturday

Parklife 2023 is well and truly upon us with 70,000 people expected to flock to Heaton Park over the weekend.

Aitch, Little Simz, The 1975, Rudimental, Fred Again, and xx are just some of the big names to be performing at the festival across nine stages on Saturday and Sunday.

With plenty of bucket hats, neon outfits, cowboy hats and who knows what else on show over the weekend, many eyes will be on what kind of weather can be expected today.

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Well, it’s looking like a bit of a mixed bag but, if all goes to plan, it could be quite a scorcher. Whilst temperatures on Saturday could reach as high as 28C in the afternoon, there are also expected to be some light showers.

There are also thunderstorm warnings in place, with the Met Office issuing a yellow alert between 2pm and 9pm. But when has a bit of unfavourable weather ever halted Parklife? The answer is never.

The Met Office said: "High temperatures developing across parts of England and Wales on Saturday are expected to trigger a scattering of showers across this area, some of which are likely to be torrential and thundery, bringing 30-40mm in an hour.

"The odd place affected by multiple showers could see more than this, perhaps in excess of 60mm. As well as rain, hail, strong gusts of wind, and lightning will be additional hazards. Despite all of this, many places in the warning area will remain dry, or only see small amounts of rain, due