Castleford (West Yorkshire) weather

Headline:

A dry night, turning cloudier tomorrow.

This Evening and Tonight:

A warm evening with plenty of sunshine. It will remain dry overnight with plenty of clear periods. Light winds expected throughout and a touch warmer than recent nights. Minimum temperature 12 °C.

Sunday:

A dry and bright start to the day but cloud soon thickening from the north with the odd spot of light rain possible. Breezy at times during the afternoon. Maximum temperature 28 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

A dry and bright start to Monday with some patchy cloud around at first, this continues into Tuesday and Wednesday, with plenty lengthy sunshine. Potentially turning hot by Wednesday.

Something of a north to south split to start the period. Some rain or showers are likely in the north whilst it will be predominantly dry, sunny and hot in the south. The heat in the south will likely ease into next weekend but probably remain a little above average. Further into August high pressure will likely become more widely dominant leading to settled conditions for most. There are signs that low pressure systems or thundery interludes will interrupt this at times, but rainfall amounts will probably be variable, with some areas continuing to see relatively little. Temperatures are likely to remain above average, with a chance of a return of the hot conditions seen earlier in the period.

The broad theme of high pressure remaining in place at least close to the UK seems most probable, but with occasional more unsettled or changeable interludes. These interludes will either be the result of Atlantic frontal systems moving east or thundery plumes possibly drifting north from the continent. The broadly settled conditions mean 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.