York (York) weather

Headline:

Sunny spells and showers, turning wintry on hills. Feeling cold.

Today:

A mixture of sunny spells and showers, these occasionally heavy with a risk of hail, and turning wintry over higher ground. A brisk northerly wind will make it feel rather cold. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Tonight:

Dry with clear spells this evening, before increasing cloud brings outbreaks of showery rain southwards overnight. Rain turning to snow on the Pennines. Less cold than previous nights. Light winds. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Friday:

Early cloud and showery rain, with some hill snow, clearing to the south. Brighter skies following with scattered showers, wintry on hiils, these easing later in the day. Feeling cold. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Largely fine and dry over the weekend, with variable cloud and sunny spells. Cloudier with a chance of showers on Monday. Still on the cold side, with overnight frosts.

The dominant area of high pressure will gradually drift away to the east of the UK through the early part of next week. So initially there should be a good deal of dry weather with sunny spells by day, but still some chilly nights with frost in places. The odd fog patch is possible in the north, and a brisk breeze across the south will make it feel chilly here when out of the sun. Beyond that we will see a gradual transition to less settled conditions. So rain or showers are expected at times, mostly focussed across the south at first, then more widely later. With winds predominantly coming from the south next week it will also become much milder, possibly warm in places.

Confidence is low, but through the end of March changeable weather patterns are most likely. This means periods of unsettled, wet and windy weather interspersed with some drier and brighter spells. Into early April, there may be a transition to more frequent drier and more settled spells. Temperatures will probably be above average overall.