Otley (West Yorkshire) weather

Headline:

Strong winds, sunshine and showers expected.

Today:

Cloudy but mostly dry at first, with spells of sunshine and showers developing through the morning, heavy at times with a risk of thunder. Strong, blustery winds expected, with gales possible over higher ground. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Tonight:

A risk of showers continuing through the evening and overnight. Winds will ease slightly through the evening, though they will remain strong and gusty. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

Monday:

Unsettled, with sunny spells and blustery showers, becoming heavy at times with a risk of thunder. A band of more persistent rain moving in during the evening. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Staying changeable with spells of rain or showers interspersed with drier periods. Widely breezy, with temperatures close to or slightly below average.

Likely continuing changeable with further frontal systems running east into the UK bringing further spells of rain, with showery interludes in-between. Strong winds may also develop at times, particularly in the north and northwest. With time the signs are that systems will increasingly track to the northwest of the country, with the south starting to see longer, drier interludes while the northwest continues to see more in the way of rain and at times strong winds, Temperatures are expected to be slightly above average overall, but will be cooler in any prolonged periods of rainfall. Meanwhile there is the possibility of some very warm, perhaps hot conditions developing, especially in the south and these bring with them the chance of thunderstorms.

Changeable weather across the UK with a mixture of Atlantic weather systems moving in from the west interspersed with dry and sunny periods. Wetter conditions tending to be across the northwest of the UK, with the south and southeast likely to see more in the way of dry weather, Temperatures are most likely to be near normal or slightly above in the north and west, perhaps with some hot spells at times, especially across the south.