Marsden (West Yorkshire) weather

Headline:

Some rain overnight, clearing by dawn. Windy and cold.

This Evening and Tonight:

Cloudy this evening with some rain spreading south by midnight. This mainly light, but falling as snow on high ground before moving away southwards by the morning. Skies then clearing, with temperatures dropping and risk of icy patches developing. Windy. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Thursday:

A mostly dry and sunny New Year's Day. Strong winds, especially on coasts, making it feel very cold. Risk of coastal wintry showers, but these may stay just offshore. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Mostly dry and sunny, but cold throughout with widespread overnight frosts. Some coastal wintry showers are possible. Strong winds will make it feel very cold, before gradually easing Sunday.

Cold northerly winds dominant across the UK in the first week of January bring wintry showers (often of snow) to many coastlines (and areas just inland of these) that are exposed to onshore winds. Into the new week more coherent bands of precipitation and thicker cloud will attempt to move in from the west, with a risk of further snow on the leading edge of these turning to rain. Confidence is low in the rate of this return to a more mild Atlantic flow, with a risk of further artic airflows following fronts to resume wintry showers, especially across northern areas of the UK. Temperatures recovering to just below average for most, though further north more likely to return cold at times.

Whilst confidence in details is low, by the start of this period the transition back to westerly winds bringing Atlantic weather systems into the UK is expected to be complete, with temperatures most likely recovering to around or just below average. There is perhaps a weak signal for slowly evolving weather patterns to be more favoured than normal, such patterns increase the chances of frost and fog above normal by night.