Cross Gates (West Yorkshire) weather

Headline:

Cold, frosty start. Cloudy with snow showers, clearing later.

Today:

Snow showers pushing inland from the North Sea at first, before becoming confined to coasts later. Rather cloudy to start, sunny spells developing later in the afternoon. Winds slowly easing. Cold. Maximum temperature 1 °C.

Tonight:

Any coastal showers soon clearing this evening. Becoming clear and very cold overnight with a hard frost and icy stretches. A light breeze throughout. Minimum temperature -9 °C.

Tuesday:

Increasingly cloudy through Tuesday, with a mixture of some rain, sleet and snow. Less cold than previous days but winds becoming strong later in the day. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Dry, windy but sunny Wednesday, with coastal showers. Rain, sleet and snow Wednesday night, clearing to sunny spells and light winds Thursday. Increasingly windy, with a risk of snow Friday.

A changeable period is expected, with Atlantic frontal systems occasionally affecting the UK, bringing spells of rain, likely preceded by snow in some areas, more especially central, northern and eastern parts. Some significant snowfall is possible in places, particularly on northern hills. These low pressure systems could also bring some strong winds. These will be interspersed with quieter, drier interludes under transient ridges of high pressure, with the potential for frost, and wintry showers along coasts exposed to northerly winds. Temperatures will tend to trend closer to average as the period progresses, mainly in the south, such that the frequency of wintry hazards, especially in the south, may reduce slightly. However, there is a hint late in this period that it may briefly turn widely drier and colder again.

The outlook through the latter part of January and into the start of February is very uncertain, with no strong indication for any particular weather pattern to dominate. However, a broadly westerly regime seems more likely than not. As such, conditions are most likely to be changeable. Spells of wet, windy and mild weather are likely at times, along with some colder, drier interludes with overnight frost and fog. There is a hint that this period may start off largely dry and cold though. Snow and ice remain possible, especially in central and northern parts of the UK, but the chance of these is generally lower than earlier in January.