Wensleydale (North Yorkshire) weather

Headline:

Increasingly cloudy with showers.

Today:

A cold and rather bright start. Becoming increasingly cloudy through the morning as occasional showers spread west, some may turn heavy in the afternoon. Light winds. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Tonight:

Showers gradually easing this evening with partly cloudy skies. Cloudier for a time overnight with a chance of some outbreaks of light rain or drizzle. Becoming breezy and chilly. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Tuesday:

A dry and sunny day with only a little patchy cloud. Becoming increasingly breezy, particularly over hills. Turning cloudy overnight from the east. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Dry but cloudy each day from Wednesday to Friday, though increasingly sunny each afternoon as cloud burns back to coasts. Breezy, particularly over hills. Rather cool, especially near coasts.

High pressure is likely to be centred close to or across the UK through much of this period. So many places will be largely dry with clear or sunny periods. Colder air will try to push into the country from the north toward next weekend, but will probably only make limited progress into the northeast for a brief time, where it could bring a short lived showery interlude, some of these wintry. Winds will be mostly light, but briefly stronger in the northeast as that colder air tries to come south. Temperatures will probably be near normal or slightly above for many, but with a risk of colder conditions affecting the north next weekend.

Slowly evolving weather patterns are likely through the first half of May. Within this, high pressure is likely to be located somewhere to the north or northwest and low pressure closer to southern areas. The orientation of and proximity to the UK of each of these features will be key to regional weather on a day-to-day basis. However, on balance, northern and some western areas are likely be drier, with southern and possibly some eastern parts seeing more in the way of rain or showers. Overall, temperatures probably close to or a little above average, though scope for some cold nights with late season frost, especially in the north.