Long Preston (North Yorkshire) weather

Headline:

Dry and bright with sunny spells.

Today:

Dry and bright through Monday. Cloudier in the south, with plenty of sunshine elsewhere. Generally light winds away from coasts, with daytime temperatures around average. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudier overnight, although remaining dry. Some clear spells may see an early frost develop in prone rural spots. Cloud thickens overnight ahead of rain arriving from the west, occasionally heavy. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Tuesday:

Band of rain, heavy at times, clears eastwards through the morning. Scattered showers follow through the afternoon, mainly affecting the southwest. Elsewhere staying cloudy and mostly dry. Light winds. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Unsettled at first with strong winds and periods of rain, likely becoming drier and more settled from Thursday. Feeling colder, with a widespread frost likely Wednesday night.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Mon 11 Dec 2023

For most locations a continuing trend to more settled weather into the weekend as high pressure builds close to the southwest of the UK, though Scotland likely remaining in a more wet and windy regime with westerly winds. As such, the wettest weather likely across western high ground, mainly in Scotland and occasionally parts of Northern Ireland and northwest England. Settled conditions in the south with average temperatures and cloudy at times with some patchy light rain, mainly near western coasts and over hills. Clearer spells favoured the south and east but these also allowing potential for fog or frost overnight. The following week sees potential for high pressure to decline allowing a return to unsettled conditions and typically average temperatures, favouring the northwest for wettest and windiest conditions.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Sun 10 Dec 2023

More likely to be unsettled compared to the preceding settled spell with bands of rain crossing the UK with brighter conditions and showers in between. The wettest and windiest conditions are most likely in the west and northwest. The chance of a colder spell of weather, with hazards such as snow and ice, does increase later in December and into the New Year period. However, on balance conditions are more likely to remain generally mild and wet.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Sun 10 Dec 2023