Musselburgh weather

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Patchy rain early Sunday then brighter with scattered showers

Today:

A rather cloudy morning with some patchy light rain at first, but gradually becoming brighter with low cloud becoming confined to the east coast. Some sunny spells developing by the afternoon, but scattered sharp showers also developing. Light winds. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Tonight:

Showers mostly fading away in the evening, then dry with clear spells, but low cloud and patchy fog likely to develop and haar thickening and spreading inland in the east Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Monday:

Low cloud and fog clearing quite quickly then bright or sunny spells. Heavy showers developing by the afternoon, perhaps with thunder, though mainly dry in west. Light and variable winds. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Bright or sunny spells after early low cloud clears, but some persisting near east coast. Heavy and perhaps thundery showers, though possibly more prolonged rain on Wednesday. Light winds.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Sun 19 May 2019

Thursday sees a gradual return to more unsettled conditions. Early rain in the north will clear leaving a few showers. Elsewhere after a mostly dry morning with sunny spells, strengthening winds will spread cloud and rain northeastwards across many west and southwestern parts of England and Wales. This more changeable weather is expected to continue into the Bank Holiday weekend with all parts seeing rain or showers at times, although by Monday the southwest should see some drier and brighter, more settled conditions. Through the rest of the period, confidence is low, but it is probable that the weather will change only slowly, with drier more settled spells occasionally interspersed by wetter, more unsettled weather. Temperatures are likely to be close to or slightly above average.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Sun 19 May 2019

Confidence in the forecast is low for the first half of June, but the most likely scenario is for a slowly evolving weather pattern to become established, with Atlantic weather systems struggling to make eastwards progress across the UK. Overall, settled weather is most likely across northern parts of the UK, but these settled spells will extend to all areas at times. These periods of drier and settled weather will occasionally be punctuated by cooler, showery spells as Atlantic weather systems arrive from the west, albeit temporarily. Temperatures are likely to trend closer to normal as we move through June.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Sun 19 May 2019