Bank Top (West Yorkshire) weather

Headline:

Cloudy but mostly dry. Perhaps isolated showers in the morning.

Today:

Early morning showers easing to leave a largely fine and dry day, although some cloud will build through the afternoon from the north. The moderate winds will gradually ease becoming light. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Tonight:

A cloudy evening to start before cloud breaking and clearing to give clear skies for most of the region by the morning. Winds light and variable, breezy along the coast. Minimum temperature 9 °C.

Saturday:

Clear skies at first, before cloud thickens from the north later, with some patchy light rain moving southwards overnight. Feeling very warm. Maximum temperature 28 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain on Sunday, dry with sunny spells on Monday and through Tuesday. Temperatures above average for the time of year.

A mixed start is likely to this period, with some rain or showers in the north and quite breezy conditions while in the south it will be mostly dry, sunny and hot, even very hot in some places. Southern parts are likely to turn cooler and fresher next weekend though. Further into August, areas of low pressure may start to track further south and east. This means there is a greater chance of frontal systems or thundery interludes affecting southern and eastern areas in comparison to recent weeks, though rainfall amounts could be quite variable with some areas still seeing relatively little. Temperatures are likely to remain above average, especially in the south, where it may be very warm or hot at times.

The broad theme of high pressure remaining in place at least close to the UK seems most probable, with occasional more unsettled or changeable interludes, either resulting from Atlantic frontal systems or thundery plumes. This means that rainfall amounts overall are more likely to be below normal than above. Temperatures will probably be above average and some spells of hot weather and heatwaves are possible, especially in the south.