Birstall Smithies (West Yorkshire) weather

Headline:

Low cloud and mist will spread inland overnight. Light winds.

This Evening and Tonight:

Variable cloud this evening with some clearer spells initially. Low cloud is then expected to spread inland overnight, giving locally misty or foggy conditions. Some patchy drizzle is possible, but most areas will stay dry. Light winds. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Thursday:

Cloudy and dull start. Cloud will break to give lengthy sunny spells but remaining cooler and cloudier around eastern coasts. Low cloud will feed inland again overnight. Winds remaining light. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Friday mostly bright. Cloudier and breezy overnight. Bright spells Saturday. Some outbreaks of rain and showers possible over western hills. Sunday fine with sunny spells. Temperatures near or above average.

Most likely starting off widely fine with sunny spells, following the clearance of early morning mist and fog. This most likely in the south, whilst in the north there's a greater chance of more cloud which may take some time to clear. There's a small chance that fine and very warm weather could extend right across the country over the following days, but it's more likely that cloud/rain in the northwest will sink southeast introducing more changeable and cooler conditions for a time mid-week. It then becomes roughly equal chances that we see a resumption of mainly fine and dry conditions versus a continuation of more changeable weather with a mixture of rain and drier interludes.

Forecast confidence is lower than average for this range, although fairly typical for late Spring. A typical mixture of drier and settled periods, and periods of wetter and more unsettled conditions, is on balance slightly more likely than predominantly unsettled or predominantly settled. Temperatures are likely to be around average overall, with a slightly increased chance of warm or hot spells. Any such spells could be accompanied by locally heavy showers and thunderstorms.