Vermilion Sands: Weather forecast

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Met Office 7-day forecast for Leeds (Potternewton)

Model run at 1100, Tue 26 May 2026. All times UTC.
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Tue
26 May
2026		 22.7°C ±3.5
4% : NNE
3 / 3mph
 27.3°C ±1.1
31% ★ ENE
5 / 7mph
 28.3°C ±0.6
5% : ENE
8 / 14mph
 25.2°C ±2.5
2% : E
10 / 16mph
 20.0°C ±2.7
0% : NE
8 / 14mph
Wed
27 May
2026		 15.7°C ±1.6
5% ★ NE
8 / 15mph
 13.7°C ±0.5
5% : ENE
6 / 12mph
 13.4°C ±0.2
8% : ENE
8 / 14mph
 14.4°C ±0.8
8% : E
9 / 16mph
 16.5°C ±1.3
4% : E
11 / 20mph
 18.1°C ±0.3
0% : E
12 / 21mph
 17.4°C ±1.0
1% : E
11 / 20mph
 14.6°C ±1.7
2% : E
9 / 17mph
Thu
28 May
2026		 12.1°C ±0.8
4% ★ E
7 / 12mph
 11.1°C ±0.2
9% : E
7 / 13mph
 11.3°C ±0.4
42% ★ E
7 / 14mph
 13.7°C ±2.1
2% : ESE
8 / 17mph
 18.7°C ±2.9
4% : SE
10 / 20mph
 23.6°C ±2.0
4% : SSE
9 / 20mph
 24.6°C ±1.0
6% : S
8 / 17mph
 23.0°C ±2.1
6% : SSW
7 / 14mph
Fri
29 May
2026		 19.0°C ±1.9
5% ★ SW
8 / 17mph
 16.3°C ±0.9
4% : SW
8 / 16mph
 16.0°C ±0.4
8% : WSW
9 / 18mph
 17.0°C ±1.1
6% : WSW
11 / 23mph
 19.0°C ±0.9
2% : WSW
12 / 25mph
 20.1°C ±0.2
2% : W
12 / 26mph
 19.4°C ±0.8
1% : W
11 / 22mph
 17.1°C ±1.5
1% : W
6 / 12mph
Sat
30 May
2026		 14.7°C ±0.9
0% ★ W
5 / 10mph
 13.1°C ±0.7
1% : W
4 / 8mph
 13.2°C ±0.8
2% : SW
4 / 9mph
 16.0°C ±2.1
2% : SSW
6 / 15mph
 19.6°C ±1.5
4% : SSW
8 / 19mph
 21.5°C ±0.5
8% : SW
9 / 20mph
 20.8°C ±1.1
11% ★ WSW
9 / 18mph
 18.3°C ±1.6
11% ★ WSW
8 / 15mph
Sun
31 May
2026		 16.1°C ±1.1
9% ★ WSW
7 / 15mph
 14.5°C ±0.6
14% ★ WSW
8 / 15mph
 14.4°C ±0.4
8% : WSW
8 / 17mph
 15.4°C ±1.1
6% : WSW
11 / 23mph
 17.4°C ±1.0
9% : WSW
12 / 26mph
 18.6°C ±0.3
7% : W
12 / 26mph
 18.1°C ±0.6
5% : WSW
11 / 22mph
 16.4°C ±1.2
5% : WSW
8 / 15mph
Mon
1 Jun
2026		 14.6°C ±0.7
2% ★ WSW
7 / 13mph
 13.8°C ±0.1
4% : SW
7 / 13mph
 14.0°C ±0.2
8% : SW
7 / 14mph
 15.5°C ±1.2
14% ★ SW
9 / 19mph
 18.0°C ±1.3
13% ★ SW
12 / 25mph
 19.2°C ±0.2
36% ★ SW
11 / 24mph
 18.9°C ±0.3
36% ★ SW
11 / 22mph
 17.7°C ±1.0
35% ★ SW
9 / 19mph
Locations: Leeds, Manchester, London, Glasgow, Lusaka

Headline:
Generally dry and settled, but cooler on Wednesday.

Today:
Starting fine and dry with little cloud and light winds. By the afternoon some patchy cloud will develop, and there is a low risk of isolated showers in the afternoon. Some brisk easterly winds developing, feeling cooler along the coast. Maximum temperature 32°C.

Tonight:
Dry, with cloud building through the evening. Some low cloud may spread in from the coast later in the night. Minimum temperature 12°C.

Wednesday:
Any low cloud quickly dissipating to leave another dry day with good spells of sunshine. Feeling noticeably cooler in the brisk easterly breeze. Maximum temperature 19°C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:
Showers possible on Thursday evening with temperatures increasing again. Mostly dry on Friday with variable cloud and sunny intervals. Cloudy on Saturday with a risk of showers.
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.