Ripley Castle Gardens (North Yorkshire) weather

Headline:

Very cold with areas of freezing fog gradually clearing.

Today:

Very frosty this morning with a risk of ice on untreated surfaces, especially coastal areas, and areas of freezing fog slowly clearing. Then mainly dry with sunny spells, although wintry showers may reach the Pennines this afternoon. Very cold everywhere. Maximum temperature 2 °C.

Tonight:

Clear spells this evening with a widespread frost developing. Overnight cloud and outbreaks of snow arrive from the west, perhaps bringing very slight accumulations. Minimum temperature -3 °C.

Sunday:

Cloudy and very cold. Outbreaks of snow will move away, then later outbreaks of sleet and rain will probably arrive, although falling as snow over high ground at first. Maximum temperature 2 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Monday and Tuesday outbreaks of sleet or snow are possible, snow especially over high ground, although becoming drier later Tuesday. Wednesday mainly dry. Temperatures remaining below average.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Sat 2 Dec 2023

An uncertain start to the period as milder and more generally unsettled, windy conditions across the south and west try and extend further north and east. Its likely that these milder conditions will ultimately spread to the whole UK, but it may well take until the weekend to reach the extreme northeast of Scotland. Elsewhere, milder, or at least less cold weather than the preceding days, with areas of rain and stronger winds, more especially in the west, this erratically spreading further north and east with time, and turning to snow across parts of the northeast especially. Moving towards mid December and more generally unsettled and milder conditions look most probable although a return of the colder conditions cannot be ruled out entirely.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Sat 2 Dec 2023

Conditions are most likely to be changeable through this period. Wetter and windier than average conditions are slightly more likely than normal, especially in the west and northwest. Temperatures are most likely to be near or above average overall, especially in the south and west. It is possible that there ill be further colder interludes, but these likely to be short lived at first. Perhaps a greater chance of a longer cold spell late in the period.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Fri 1 Dec 2023