Balloch (West Dunbartonshire) weather

Headline:

A showery day, with Lanarkshire seeing the best of shelter.

Today:

Sunshine and showers through Monday with outbreaks most frequent and heavy during the afternoon across Argyll, and to a lesser extent around Glasgow, with best of the shelter towards Lanarkshire. Westerly winds fresh to strong across coasts. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Tonight:

Cloud building through the evening and night, bringing some patchy rain to southern most areas, but remaining dry in the Central Belt. Frost forming towards dawn for inland rural parts. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Tuesday:

Cloudy but dry morning in Central Belt, otherwise overcast with rain increasingly encroaching from the south and turning to sleet and snow at times later. Sunshine and showers across Argyll. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Rain, snow initially Wednesday before turning bright and dry from mid-day. Brisk northerly winds bringing wintry showers for Thursday. Cold in northerly breezes Friday, but mostly dry and bright.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Mon 18 Jan 2021

From Thursday onwards, rather cold and unsettled conditions look likely for most of the UK, as a low pressure system remains to the northeast. Northwesterly winds from this system are expected to bring frequent showers, particularly to north and west-facing coasts, and this will likely fall as snow over high level areas, and also down to lower levels at times. Atlantic low-pressure systems are expected to cross the south of the country at times, bringing rainfall and periods of slightly milder temperatures, and there will be a risk of snowfall on the boundary between the mild and cold air masses. Northern and central areas are more likely to be affected by wintry hazards during this period.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Mon 18 Jan 2021

Confidence for this period is low, though there is a signal for weaker than average westerly winds and for Atlantic low-pressure systems to track further south than normal. This will bring below-average temperatures to the north of the UK, with a greater than normal risk of wintry precipitation. Further south, there is a continued risk of unsettled conditions, with above-average rainfall and periods of slightly above average temperatures. There remains the potential for significant snowfall along the boundary between colder air to the north, and the milder air in the south, with the greatest risk across central and northern areas. Through this period there is a greater than average chance of cold spells spreading across the whole UK at times with the associated risk of wintry hazards.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Mon 18 Jan 2021