Almondbury (West Yorkshire) weather

Headline:

Cloudy with showers near coasts today. Chilly.

Today:

Largely cloudy today, with an ongoing risk of drizzly showers, these mainly near the coast and wintry on high ground. Becoming breezy. Chilly, especially later as the wind picks up. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain, and snow on higher ground, becoming more persistent and heavy at times during the early hours. Winds becoming strong, making it feel cold. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Tuesday:

Rain for much of the day, this heavy at times, with snow on higher ground. Snow becoming confined to highest ground, then turning drier later. Feeling cold in strong winds. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Mostly dry and breezy Wednesday with sunny spells. More cloudy with showers Thursday, perhaps wetter Friday with hill snow. Wind gradually easing. Temperatures near or slightly below average.

Weather systems from the Atlantic will continue to attempt to push in from the west, but tending to stall in the vicinity of the UK as they encounter high pressure to the north and northeast. As a result, further spells of rain or showers as well as strong winds are expected at times. Rain may be heavy and persistent, especially in the south and west. Whilst mild conditions are expected to encroach into the south and southwest at times, cold air is likely to be positioned to the northeast, bringing wintry showers at times. Where fronts from the southwest do reach the cold air towards the northeast, there is the risk of some snow, most likely across hills, but perhaps extending to lower areas at times.

A similar theme from early February is most likely to continue as Atlantic frontal systems attempt to move across the country. With the jet stream likely further south than normal, the wettest conditions are more likely in central and southern areas. North and northwestern parts of the UK are most likely to be drier than normal. Whilst mild incursions of wet and windy weather are favoured at times in the south and west, colder conditions in the north and northeast will bring an increased risk of wintry hazards, especially where any precipitation from the southwest interacts with the cold air.