Vermilion Sands: Weather forecast

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Met Office 7-day forecast for Leeds (Potternewton)

Model run at 0500, Fri 24 Jul 2026. All times UTC.
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Fri
24 Jul
2026
13.6°C ±0.9
1% : W
8 / 16mph
13.1°C ±0.4
4% : WNW
10 / 16mph
15.8°C ±2.3
4% : WNW
10 / 18mph
19.4°C ±1.3
1% : W
13 / 22mph
21.1°C ±0.4
0% : W
13 / 23mph
19.8°C ±1.1
4% : W
11 / 21mph
17.8°C ±0.9
1% : W
8 / 16mph
Sat
25 Jul
2026
16.2°C ±0.7
5% W
7 / 16mph
15.7°C ±0.2
8% : W
7 / 17mph
16.1°C ±0.2
1% : WSW
10 / 20mph
18.1°C ±1.8
2% : W
16 / 32mph
19.7°C ±0.7
16% W
19 / 36mph
19.0°C ±0.3
8% : W
17 / 32mph
18.5°C ±0.3
6% : W
13 / 24mph
17.2°C ±1.2
4% : W
8 / 16mph
Sun
26 Jul
2026
15.3°C ±0.8
5% W
6 / 13mph
14.7°C ±0.2
12% SW
5 / 10mph
15.1°C ±0.2
18% WSW
5 / 11mph
16.4°C ±1.0
11% WNW
11 / 22mph
18.4°C ±1.0
11% WNW
13 / 28mph
19.8°C ±0.5
31% WNW
15 / 30mph
19.3°C ±0.7
7% : WNW
14 / 27mph
17.3°C ±1.4
2% : WNW
10 / 20mph
Mon
27 Jul
2026
15.1°C ±0.9
1% WNW
9 / 17mph
13.7°C ±0.6
0% : WNW
8 / 15mph
13.6°C ±0.4
0% : W
8 / 15mph
15.7°C ±1.8
1% : W
11 / 23mph
18.5°C ±1.0
2% : W
12 / 25mph
19.8°C ±0.3
1% : W
13 / 26mph
19.5°C ±0.5
1% : W
11 / 22mph
18.4°C ±0.7
2% : WSW
8 / 14mph
Tue
28 Jul
2026
17.2°C ±0.4
2% SW
8 / 14mph
16.6°C ±0.2
5% : SW
8 / 14mph
16.8°C ±0.3
4% : SW
8 / 14mph
18.4°C ±1.3
3% : WSW
10 / 20mph
21.0°C ±1.2
8% : WSW
12 / 24mph
22.8°C ±0.7
4% : WSW
11 / 23mph
22.8°C ±0.5
5% : WSW
10 / 19mph
20.9°C ±1.5
4% : W
7 / 12mph
Wed
29 Jul
2026
18.5°C ±1.0
3% WSW
6 / 12mph
16.9°C ±0.6
3% : WSW
6 / 11mph
16.8°C ±0.4
3% : WSW
6 / 11mph
18.4°C ±1.4
2% : WSW
8 / 17mph
21.0°C ±1.3
3% : WSW
9 / 21mph
22.7°C ±0.5
3% : WSW
10 / 20mph
22.5°C ±0.6
5% : W
9 / 18mph
20.4°C ±1.6
4% : W
6 / 12mph
Thu
30 Jul
2026
17.5°C ±1.2
2% W
5 / 9mph
15.7°C ±0.6
2% : W
4 / 8mph
15.5°C ±0.4
2% : W
4 / 8mph
17.4°C ±1.4
2% : W
6 / 13mph
20.4°C ±1.6
3% : WSW
7 / 17mph
22.4°C ±0.6
10% WSW
8 / 17mph
22.4°C ±0.5
30% W
7 / 15mph
20.1°C ±1.8
7% : NNW
6 / 12mph
Locations: Leeds, Manchester, London, Glasgow, Lusaka

Headline:
Fine and largely sunny morning. Sunshine turning hazy later. Warm.

Today:
A fine and largely sunny day, with any overnight cloud soon clearing. Warm sunshine gradually turning hazy through the afternoon as high cloud thickens from the north, but staying dry. Best of the sunshine across southern parts. Light winds. Maximum temperature 26°C.

Tonight:
Dry evening with some clearer spells, mainly in the south. A band of thicker cloud will spread south overnight, perhaps with brief light rain but likely staying dry. Minimum temperature 10°C.

Saturday:
Early cloud will break to sunny spells, before further cloud spreads south through the morning, perhaps bringing a few showers. Most parts staying dry and warm. Breezy. Maximum temperature 23°C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:
Sunny spells and showers Sunday, these perhaps heavy at times. Drier Monday, with variable cloud and sunny spells. Cloudier and breezier Tuesday, with rain across hills. Temperatures near normal.
Updated:

Notes

This forecast originally used publicly available information from the Met Office's DataPoint service. This is being discontinued in late 2025 (and was increasing unreliable running up to that date), and is replaced by the DataHub service. Which is being used for the above forecast.

DataHub is more complex to process, but provides more information and better global coverage. Each table cell above contains, in order:

  • The predicted temperature, in degrees Celsius. DataHub provides a maximum and a minimum, and I've averaged these and given the possible variation (the ± figure).
    Maxima over 25°C and 30°C are highlighted thusly.
    Similarly, minima below 5°C and 0°C are highlighted.
  • The next line contains the probablity of any precipitation (rain, mostly), followed by...
  • ...the wind direction.
  • The final text line gives the predicted average wind, followed by the maximum gust. DataHub uses m/sec, but I've converted these to mph.
    Calm weather (≤5mph wind), strong gusts (≥25mph) and storm-force gusts (≥40mph) are highlighted.
  • Finally, there's an icon representing the prevailing weather type.
A in the cell means there's extra information present -- hover over the cell to see it. For example, all midnight cells contain this symbol, and the pop-up shows the visibility. This is ground-level only, and doesn't mean clear skies! Other extra information may include significant -- over 10% probability -- rain/snow (as light/heavy probability, and total amount) and hail and lightning probability.

Select another location from the list below the table.

Rain radar

Lightning

Credits

Data courtesy of the Met Office DataHub service.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Analysis coding by Admin1, written in Python.