Irvine Bay weather

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Cloudy start but becoming sunny and very warm.

Today:

A cloudy start, with the odd spot of rain in the hills. Otherwise, a dry day with increasing amounts of sunshine and feeling warm. Some patchy sea fog may affect the Isles at times. Maximum temperature 24 °C.

Tonight:

A very warm and mostly sunny evening then dry and clear at first. However, some thundery showers will arrive from the south overnight with a chance of heavy downpours. Minimum temperature 18 °C.

Wednesday:

Thundery showers will soon move away north in the morning. Then mainly dry and bright but scattered afternoon showers will develop. Feeling very warm again. Maximum temperature 24 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Very warm and humid with bright spells but also a few heavy and thundery showers possible. Becoming a little cooler on Saturday.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 23 Jul 2019

Low confidence in the forecast for the weekend, with uncertainty in regard to the track and development of an area of low pressure southwest of the UK. This may bring a spell of wet and windy weather northeastwards across the UK during Saturday and Sunday. However, it should stay largely dry in the east and southeast. It will remain very warm in the southeast, with some localised heavy rain or thunderstorms possible. Into next week and we are likely to see a northwest/southeast split in the weather across the UK, with further showers or longer spells of rain affecting northwestern parts, with a better chance of drier and warmer weather in the south and east. Temperatures will generally be above the average for the time of year.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 23 Jul 2019

As we move further into August, the final month of the meteorological summer, confidence is low in the forecast with no one single weather pattern looking to dominate. It is most likely that low pressure to the north and northwest of the UK will give further showers or longer spells of rain in the northwest, with the better chance of drier weather in the southeast. Temperatures will likely be above average, especially in western and southern areas. However, confidence falls as we head into late August.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 23 Jul 2019