Birstall Smithies (West Yorkshire) weather

Headline:

Turning much colder this week, breezy at times.

Today:

Largely fine with plenty of sunshine but noticably colder than of late, especially in the east with fairly brisk northerly winds. Scattered showers affecting eastern areas through the morning, but these becoming restricted to coastal fringes by the afternoon. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Tonight:

Coastal showers easing to leave a dry, mostly clear and cold night with winds falling light. A fairly widespread frost developing inland by morning. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Tuesday:

A widely bright and frosty start. Cloud and outbreaks of rain spread southeast during the afternoon, perhaps wintry for some upland areas. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Rain and hill snow clearing southeast on Wednesday with strong winds, showers developing. Cold and bright Thursday and Friday, widespread overnight frosts and scattered coastal showers expected, these likely wintry.

Atlantic weather fronts will continue to spread east bringing spells of rain, potentially quite widely. More showery conditions will likely follow but there will be some brighter spells at times. The showery conditions will likely persist for a few subsequent days, though there is some risk of Atlantic frontal systems moving in from the west at times. Temperatures will be a little below normal. A westerly dominated pattern will likely persist through to the end of November with outbreaks of rain or showers and temperatures near to or a little below normal. There could however still be some wintry showers at times in the north. Areas if low pressure may bring longer spells of rain and periods of strong winds at times.

Whilst there is a lot of uncertainty as to the flavour of weather affecting the UK into December, there is a greater chance than normal of slower evolving weather patterns. A mixture of weather types seems most likely and so some wetter days, with widespread rain or showers and the chance of snow, mainly for higher ground in the north. Equally some drier periods are also anticipated, increasing the possibility of some frosty nights and fog. Overall, temperatures close to average are most likely, but some colder spells are also possible, especially if any prolonged settled spells develop.