Skipton (North Yorkshire) weather

Headline:

Mainly dry but remaining rather chilly.

Today:

After a cold start with bright or sunny spells most places will remain dry today, while cloud increases. However, a few showers will arrive, especially across Yorkshire. Later the showers will die away. Light winds but remaining rather chilly. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Tonight:

Outbreaks of rain, sometimes heavy, will spread north this evening. Overnight the rain will turn heavy and persistent. Becoming breezy inland, windy along the coast. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Sunday:

Rain through the morning, locally heavy at first. Through the afternoon drier conditions gradually spread east, with late sunny spells developing. Highest temperatures likely along the coast. Breezy. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Monday dry and bright. Tuesday fog or low cloud gradually becoming confined to coastal areas, then showers. Wednesday outbreaks of rain or showers arriving, coastal fog likely. Temperatures gradually rising.

Updated: 05:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 27 Apr 2024

In the first part of this period, many areas of the UK are expected to see periods of rain or showers. Some of these showers will be heavy and thundery, with the greatest chance of thunderstorms in the southeast. Along with this will be a fair amount of low cloud in the east at times, with spells of coastal fog, but also temperatures generally above average for the time of year. Overall, northwestern parts of the UK are likely to be driest and sunniest. Through the second week, temperatures will return closer to normal, perhaps dipping back below average, but it will also tend to turn gradually drier and more settled, with changeable conditions most likely to hang on longest in the south and southeast.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 26 Apr 2024

In this period, the chances of unsettled weather are slightly less than usual in the north and about the same as usual further south. Therefore, some spells of wet weather are likely for all, but perhaps especially across southern areas with the driest conditions relative to normal probably further north. The chance of below or above average temperatures is fairly balanced overall, but it is worth noting that average temperatures themselves rise by around 1C per week at this time of year.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 26 Apr 2024