Vermilion Sands: Weather forecast

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Met Office 7-day forecast for Leeds (Potternewton)

Model run at 1900, Sat 12 Sep 2026. All times UTC.
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Sat
12 Sep
2026		 20.0°C ±1.4
6% : W
14 / 22mph
 17.9°C ±0.8
5% : WSW
10 / 24mph
Sun
13 Sep
2026		 16.6°C ±0.6
8% ★ W
3 / 11mph
 16.0°C ±0.2
46% ★ WNW
2 / 8mph
 15.1°C ±0.8
54% ★ NNW
4 / 10mph
 15.0°C ±0.7
5% : NNW
3 / 6mph
 17.1°C ±1.4
4% : WSW
3 / 7mph
 19.3°C ±0.8
4% : W
5 / 9mph
 19.2°C ±0.8
4% : WNW
3 / 6mph
 17.5°C ±0.9
5% : SW
2 / 4mph
Mon
14 Sep
2026		 16.2°C ±0.6
5% ★ SSE
2 / 4mph
 15.0°C ±0.6
1% : SW
3 / 6mph
 14.3°C ±0.3
2% : SSW
3 / 10mph
 16.1°C ±1.6
16% ★ SSW
7 / 13mph
 19.0°C ±1.4
11% ★ WSW
10 / 19mph
 21.2°C ±0.8
4% : WSW
11 / 21mph
 21.3°C ±0.7
4% : SW
9 / 18mph
 20.0°C ±0.6
5% : SW
10 / 20mph
Tue
15 Sep
2026		 18.8°C ±0.6
4% ★ SW
12 / 22mph
 17.8°C ±0.5
34% ★ SW
11 / 21mph
 16.7°C ±0.7
42% ★ SW
9 / 18mph
 16.1°C ±0.2
10% ★ W
12 / 23mph
 17.0°C ±0.8
9% : W
14 / 27mph
 17.4°C ±0.3
7% : W
14 / 27mph
 16.1°C ±1.1
2% : W
12 / 22mph
 14.2°C ±0.8
0% : W
10 / 19mph
Wed
16 Sep
2026		 13.0°C ±0.4
1% ★ W
10 / 18mph
 12.2°C ±0.3
1% : WNW
9 / 18mph
 11.6°C ±0.3
0% : WNW
9 / 16mph
 12.7°C ±1.4
0% : WNW
10 / 20mph
 15.1°C ±1.1
4% : WNW
11 / 22mph
 15.9°C ±0.2
4% : W
13 / 25mph
 14.8°C ±1.0
5% : W
10 / 19mph
 13.3°C ±0.6
11% ★ SW
9 / 17mph
Thu
17 Sep
2026		 12.7°C ±0.2
9% ★ SW
11 / 20mph
 12.8°C ±0.2
37% ★ SW
11 / 21mph
 12.7°C ±0.2
33% ★ WSW
10 / 19mph
 13.3°C ±0.7
9% : WSW
13 / 25mph
 14.5°C ±0.5
31% ★ WSW
16 / 30mph
 14.8°C ±0.1
33% ★ WSW
16 / 30mph
 13.9°C ±0.8
30% ★ WSW
13 / 24mph
 12.6°C ±0.5
9% : WSW
12 / 21mph
Fri
18 Sep
2026		 11.8°C ±0.3
5% ★ WSW
11 / 20mph
 11.3°C ±0.2
5% : WSW
11 / 20mph
 11.0°C ±0.1
3% : WSW
11 / 20mph
 12.1°C ±1.1
5% : WSW
13 / 25mph
 14.2°C ±1.0
8% : WSW
15 / 29mph
 15.4°C ±0.2
7% : WSW
15 / 28mph
 15.0°C ±0.6
8% : SW
12 / 23mph
 14.0°C ±0.5
34% ★ SW
12 / 22mph
Locations: Leeds, Manchester, London, Glasgow, Lusaka

Headline:
Mainly fine on Sunday. Changeable into new working week.

This Evening and Tonight:
Mainly fine but on the cloudy side during the evening and overnight. A few light showers are possible, as well as some low cloud and fog patches in the generally light wind. Minimum temperature 11°C.

Sunday:
A fine day, with early cloud in places breaking up to leave some warm sunny spells. Near average temperatures and light winds. Maximum temperature 23°C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:
Changeable, with showers or longer spells of rain, interspersed with drier, brighter periods. Temperatures should start a little above normal at first, but should trend nearer normal later.
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

Links

Weather warnings
NetWeather radar
Clouds, Lightning, Wind
Cities (from Time & Date): Leeds, Manchester,
London, Lusaka

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.