Mertoun House weather

Headline:

Rain at times later, warm in the east.

Today:

Borders and Lothians mainly dry this morning, perhaps with an isolated shower. Cloud and rain will spread east this afternoon. The southwest cloudy starting off mainly dry but outbreaks of rain will develop from mid-morning, lasting through the afternoon. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Tonight:

Rain clearing from the east this evening. The rest of the night will be largely dry with some lengthy clear periods. perhaps an odd shower in the southwest later. Minimum temperature 12 °C.

Thursday:

A mainly dry and bright start. Then clouding over with scattered showers developing, some of these occasionally heavy with thunder. Turning drier in the evening. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

A few showers on Friday, perhaps a longer spell of rain later in the day. Bright with scattered heavy showers on Saturday, becoming drier on Sunday.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Wed 17 Jul 2019

Sunday will bring a mixture of sunshine and showers across northern Britain, with largely dry conditions to close out the weekend in the south. Into the start of next week, low pressure is most likely to be close to northwest Britain, bringing stronger winds and occasionally heavy rain. Further southeast, it should be mostly dry with the potential to tap into very warm air drifting north out of Europe. Towards midweek, the wetter and somewhat cooler weather in the northwest looks to push further southeast, displacing the warmth and sunshine here. By the end of the month, a more widely changeable pattern looks most likely, with the wettest weather most likely further to the northwest, and sunshine more prevalent in the southeast.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Wed 17 Jul 2019

As we move into August, the final month of the meteorological summer, confidence is low in the forecast with no one single weather pattern looking to dominate. As is often the case in summer, this could well mean plenty of fine, dry weather, interspersed with occasional thundery outbreaks, leading to marked local variations in rainfall. Temperatures are likely to pan out above average, perhaps more especially in the south and west.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Wed 17 Jul 2019