Vermilion Sands: Weather forecast

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Met Office 7-day forecast for Leeds (Potternewton)

Model run at 0900, Wed 28 Oct 2026. All times UTC.
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Wed
28 Oct
2026		 9.9°C ±1.5
53% ★ WSW
10 / 28mph
 12.5°C ±1.1
10% ★ WSW
11 / 23mph
 13.6°C ±0.3
16% ★ WSW
8 / 16mph
 12.6°C ±0.9
8% : WSW
6 / 15mph
 11.1°C ±0.5
5% : WSW
4 / 12mph
Thu
29 Oct
2026		 10.4°C ±0.5
5% ★ SSW
3 / 9mph
 9.7°C ±0.5
5% : WSW
4 / 12mph
 9.1°C ±0.3
5% : SSW
3 / 9mph
 9.7°C ±0.9
5% : S
2 / 8mph
 12.0°C ±1.4
1% : S
3 / 6mph
 13.9°C ±0.5
4% : SSE
4 / 8mph
 13.0°C ±1.3
4% : SSE
5 / 12mph
 11.0°C ±0.7
4% : SSE
4 / 10mph
Fri
30 Oct
2026		 9.8°C ±0.7
4% ★ SE
4 / 11mph
 9.1°C ±0.4
1% : SE
4 / 11mph
 8.5°C ±0.3
2% : SE
5 / 11mph
 8.8°C ±0.5
5% : SSE
6 / 13mph
 10.4°C ±1.2
5% : SSE
7 / 14mph
 11.7°C ±0.6
1% : SSE
6 / 12mph
 11.1°C ±1.2
1% : SSE
4 / 9mph
 9.1°C ±0.8
2% : SSE
3 / 6mph
Sat
31 Oct
2026		 7.7°C ±0.6
3% ★ SSE
2 / 5mph
 6.9°C ±0.3
16% ★ SSE
2 / 5mph
 6.7°C ±0.1
18% ★ S
3 / 5mph
 7.0°C ±0.3
17% ★ S
3 / 7mph
 8.3°C ±1.0
9% : SSE
3 / 8mph
 9.8°C ±0.5
8% : SSE
3 / 8mph
 9.3°C ±0.9
8% : S
3 / 5mph
 7.9°C ±0.6
7% : WSW
2 / 5mph
Sun
1 Nov
2026		 7.7°C ±0.3
8% ★ WNW
3 / 6mph
 7.2°C ±0.2
16% ★ NW
3 / 6mph
 6.9°C ±0.2
17% ★ NW
3 / 6mph
 7.4°C ±0.5
14% ★ NNW
4 / 9mph
 9.2°C ±1.2
10% ★ N
6 / 13mph
 10.8°C ±0.4
9% : NNE
7 / 14mph
 10.2°C ±0.8
7% : NNE
7 / 13mph
 8.9°C ±0.5
4% : N
6 / 12mph
Mon
2 Nov
2026		 7.9°C ±0.5
4% ★ N
6 / 11mph
 7.2°C ±0.3
2% : N
6 / 12mph
 6.8°C ±0.1
1% : N
6 / 12mph
 7.3°C ±0.7
2% : N
6 / 11mph
 9.2°C ±1.2
3% : NNE
8 / 16mph
 10.5°C ±0.2
6% : NE
7 / 14mph
 9.3°C ±1.2
3% : NNE
6 / 11mph
 7.7°C ±0.4
5% : N
6 / 11mph
Tue
3 Nov
2026		 7.2°C ±0.2
3% ★ N
6 / 11mph
 6.9°C ±0.2
6% : N
6 / 11mph
 6.7°C ±0.1
6% : N
6 / 11mph
 7.3°C ±0.7
3% : N
6 / 12mph
 9.3°C ±1.3
6% : NNE
7 / 15mph
 10.6°C ±0.1
3% : NNE
7 / 13mph
 9.5°C ±1.0
6% : NNE
6 / 11mph
 8.2°C ±0.3
6% : NNE
6 / 11mph
Locations: Leeds, Manchester, London, Glasgow, Lusaka, Scarborough

Headline:
Cloudy with rain, sunny intervals later.

Today:
A cloudy and damp start for many places. Cloud slowly breaks and rain turns patchy through the morning, with many areas dry through the afternoon. Mild with winds easing. Maximum temperature 15°C.

Tonight:
Partly cloudy and dry, skies will clear in the east overnight allowing fog patches to develop by the morning. Winds remain light. Minimum temperature 5°C.

Thursday:
Early morning fog patches will lift and clear becoming partly cloudy during the morning. Some longer sunny intervals develop during the afternoon, especially along the coast. Maximum temperature 15°C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:
Variable cloud and sunny spells on Friday. Potential for mist and fog patches overnight then clearing slowly. Cloudier on Saturday and Sunday. Winds becoming light. Mild by day.
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.