Otley (West Yorkshire) weather

Headline:

Chance of brighter conditions developing Monday.

Today:

Extensive low cloud and mist slowly lifting and thinning, with brighter spells possible, especially during the afternoon. Mainly dry, although an increasing chance of showery rain through the afternoon. Feeling milder. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

Tonight:

Turning drier again during Monday evening with variable cloud amounts. Thickest cloud across western areas with occasional rain or showers likely. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Tuesday:

Breezier through Tuesday, with best of cloud breaks and sunshine across eastern areas. Remaining damp with possible rain over the Pennines, this might become more persistent and heavier later. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Wednesday, early rain clearing, then colder, brighter with blustery showers. Thursday, windy with showers, perhaps more persistent rain. Friday less windy with sunshine and showers. Temperatures near normal.

Changeable through much of this period, as Atlantic frontal systems pass close to or across the UK at times. These will bring some occasional spells of rain or showers, most frequent in the west and northwest, and perhaps accompanied by strong winds. However, there should also be some drier interludes under transient ridges of high pressure, with longer dry periods most likely in the south and east, though even here some wet weather is likely at times. Temperatures will be near-average for the period as a whole, but with some shorter-duration colder interludes at times when frost and hill snow will be possible. Later in the period there may be a transition to more blocked or slower evolving weather patterns, though confidence in the detail of this is rather low.

More blocked, or slowly evolving, weather patterns are favoured for late March into early April, with high pressure probably building to the north of the UK. Whilst confidence is rather low in how this will influence the weather across the UK, this tends to lead to a more prolonged period of a certain weather type, be it settled or unsettled. In any case, a reduction in Atlantic-dominated weather patterns is favoured, although some wet weather remains possible at times, more especially in the south and east whilst northwestern areas tend to be drier than average. Temperatures will probably be close to average for the period as a whole, but there is an increased chance of some colder conditions developing for a time with a risk of frost.