An unsettled weekend ahead
An unsettled and cool weekend is on the way for many, with a yellow warning for rain issued for parts of Scotland.
Read moreBright spells and showers on Saturday.
Showers mostly dying out this evening to leave a mainly dry night with clear periods. A few showers continuing across Argyll. Wilnds will be light.. Minimum temperature 8 °C.
A sunny start in the south, otherwise rather cloudy with bright ir sunny intervals and a few showers, locally heavy in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 16 °C.
Sunny intervals and scattered heavy showers, possibly thundery, on Sunday. Sunny spells and isolated showers on Monday. Dry start on Tuesday but rain spreading north later. Slightly warmer.
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Confidence in the details of the weather pattern at the start of this period is unusually low, although some broad themes are emerging. Most probably an unsettled, and in places breezy period mid-week, with cloud, rain, and possibly thunderstorms in the south slowly clearing away northeastwards. A trend towards a period of more settled, albeit rather cool weather looks most likely by the end of the working week, and into the weekend, before more changeable conditions arrive from the Atlantic thereafter. Northwestern areas would then be more likely to see periods of cloud and rain, whilst southeastern areas would be predominantly dry or at least see lesser amounts of rain. Temperatures are expected to be fairly close to average throughout, although warmer weather in the southeast is possible early on.
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As can often be the case at this time of year, predictability at this range is exceptionally low. There are some signs of a slightly greater than normal chance of a more prolonged settled spell developing at some point during the period, at least for a time, but by the same token further, perhaps shorter, unsettled spells are probable too. Above average temperatures overall, and drier than average conditions overall, are very slightly favoured.
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