York weather

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Scattered heavy showers today. Largely dry Sunday with sunny spells.

Today:

Starting largely dry, but soon becoming rather cloudy with scattered showers and blustery winds. Showers are likely to turn heavy and perhaps thundery in places, before gradually easing later in the afternoon, allowing for increased sunny spells. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Tonight:

Any remaining showers soon dying out to leave most places dry and sunny this evening. Remaining dry overnight with largely clear skies. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Sunday:

Largely dry Sunday with patchy cloud and warm sunny spells. Becoming increasingly breezy, particularly over the Pennines, with cloud and rain spreading into the west in the evening. Maximum temperature 24 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Windy and rather cloudy Monday, but outbreaks of rain largely confined to western hills. Becoming very warm Tuesday with light winds and plenty of sunshine. Risk of a thunderstorm Wednesday.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 20 Jul 2019

This period will tend to see a northwest to southeast split in the weather across the UK, with northwestern parts experiencing spells of rain, which could be heavy at times, as well as some periods of strong wind bringing a risk of coastal gales. By contrast, southern and southeastern parts of the UK should see much drier and warmer weather, which could be hot and rather humid at times, especially in the first half of the next week. Thunderstorms could develop as any hot, settled weather breaks down from the west. Beyond that, the forecast is more uncertain, but overall the northwest to southeast split will most probably continue. The south and southeast are likely to see some rain but it will be less frequent than in the northwest.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 20 Jul 2019

As we move into early August, the final month of the meteorological summer, confidence is low in the forecast with no one single weather pattern looking to dominate. As is often the case in summer, this could well mean plenty of fine, dry weather, interspersed with occasional rain or thundery outbreaks, leading to marked local variations in rainfall. Temperatures are likely to be above average, perhaps more especially in the south and west.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 20 Jul 2019