Idle (West Yorkshire) weather

Headline:

Cloudier and cooler days to come.

This Evening and Tonight:

Cloud increasing overnight, with showery rain arriving from the west, this potentially heavy at times. A rather mild night under the blanket of cloud. Light winds throughout. Minimum temperature 13 °C.

Monday:

Cloudy Monday with outbreaks of light patchy rain through the morning and afternoon, becoming more persistent later and then heavy as it pushes south overnight. Maximum temperature 24 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Overnight rain clearing to sunny spells and scattered showers Tuesday. Showers expected to persist through Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures closer to average.

A rather changeable period is likely, with many parts of the UK seeing showers or perhaps some longer spells of rain. However, there will be some drier interludes as high pressure moves across the UK at times. There is also a chance that deeper Atlantic lows could lead to periods of widespread rain and strong winds at times, while some outbreaks of thunderstorms are also possible. Temperatures are more likely to be above normal than below overall, though the possibility of widespread or exceptional heat is lower than in recent weeks.

As we move into the start of meteorological autumn, signals for the prevailing weather patterns affecting the UK are weak, thus something close to the climatological norm is most likely. This means a broad northwest-southeast split in conditions, with the high pressure becoming centred close to the south of the UK and more changeable conditions developing towards the north and northwest. Meanwhile, drier, more settled weather is slightly more likely towards the south and east. Temperatures are likely to be above average overall. There is a chance that late season hot spells or heatwaves develop, especially in the south.