Vermilion Sands: Weather forecast

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Met Office 7-day forecast for Leeds (Potternewton)

Model run at 1400, Tue 24 Feb 2026. All times UTC.
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Tue
24 Feb
2026
11.9°C ±0.9
5% : SSW
14 / 21mph
13.3°C ±0.5
9% : SSW
13 / 26mph
12.7°C ±1.0
1% : S
8 / 18mph
10.8°C ±1.0
0% : S
8 / 20mph
Wed
25 Feb
2026
9.1°C ±0.7
0% S
6 / 16mph
8.1°C ±0.3
0% : SSE
5 / 12mph
8.1°C ±0.1
4% : SSE
6 / 12mph
8.6°C ±0.8
5% : S
6 / 14mph
11.0°C ±1.6
9% : S
7 / 15mph
13.0°C ±0.4
12% SW
13 / 25mph
12.8°C ±0.6
47% SW
9 / 20mph
11.7°C ±0.5
15% SW
9 / 19mph
Thu
26 Feb
2026
10.8°C ±0.4
10% SW
9 / 22mph
10.2°C ±0.2
17% SW
10 / 23mph
10.0°C ±0.2
11% SW
11 / 24mph
10.0°C ±0.2
14% SW
12 / 25mph
10.5°C ±0.3
61% SW
14 / 29mph
10.8°C ±0.1
57% SW
16 / 32mph
10.5°C ±0.3
23% SW
13 / 26mph
9.9°C ±0.3
10% SW
12 / 23mph
Fri
27 Feb
2026
9.5°C ±0.3
40% SSW
10 / 19mph
9.3°C ±0.1
44% SSW
9 / 18mph
9.1°C ±0.2
46% SW
10 / 19mph
8.9°C ±0.3
16% SW
11 / 21mph
9.5°C ±0.8
17% W
13 / 25mph
9.7°C ±0.1
13% SW
12 / 24mph
8.7°C ±1.0
13% WSW
10 / 19mph
7.0°C ±0.7
13% WNW
9 / 17mph
Sat
28 Feb
2026
5.7°C ±0.6
14% WNW
8 / 16mph
4.6°C ±0.5
12% W
7 / 13mph
3.7°C ±0.4
7% : WSW
6 / 11mph
4.2°C ±0.8
3% : SW
6 / 13mph
6.5°C ±1.5
4% : SW
9 / 19mph
8.4°C ±0.4
8% : SW
11 / 22mph
8.0°C ±0.6
12% SSW
10 / 19mph
7.2°C ±0.3
10% SSW
11 / 21mph
Sun
1 Mar
2026
6.9°C ±0.1
11% SSW
11 / 21mph
6.7°C ±0.1
16% SSW
11 / 21mph
6.9°C ±0.1
18% SSW
11 / 21mph
7.5°C ±0.6
17% SSW
12 / 22mph
9.1°C ±1.0
15% SSW
14 / 26mph
10.6°C ±0.5
10% SSW
13 / 24mph
10.3°C ±0.7
10% SSW
11 / 20mph
9.2°C ±0.4
12% S
11 / 20mph
Mon
2 Mar
2026
8.5°C ±0.3
9% S
11 / 20mph
8.1°C ±0.2
9% : S
10 / 19mph
7.7°C ±0.2
5% : S
10 / 18mph
8.1°C ±0.5
6% : S
11 / 21mph
9.7°C ±1.1
5% : SSW
12 / 24mph
11.3°C ±0.4
6% : SSW
12 / 22mph
10.7°C ±0.9
6% : SSW
10 / 18mph
9.1°C ±0.8
5% : SW
9 / 16mph
Locations: Leeds, Manchester, London, Glasgow, Lusaka

Headline:
Cloudy with rain, perhaps some brighter spells later. Mild.

Today:
Often cloudy and mostly dry, although some drizzly outbreaks are possible, mostly on western hills. Some brighter spells, mainly for eastern parts. Breezy, with strong gusts over high ground. Maximum temperature 13°C.

Tonight:
The cloud will break up overnight with clearing skies and easing winds but remaining gusty along the coast. Relatively mild overnight. Minimum temperature 5°C.

Wednesday:
Becoming cloudy and mild with some brighter spells, later occasional rain will spread eastwards across the region by the evening. Maximum temperature 15°C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:
Cloudy and mild with occasional rain on Thursday, mainly in the west with strengthening winds. Overnight rain clearing early Friday, then cooler with blustery showers. Saturday turns drier and settled.
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.