The Hirsel (Scottish Borders) weather

Headline:

Mostly dry. Bright in the west, cloudier in the east.

Today:

A dry day for most with some bright or sunny spells in the west. Cloudier across the Borders and Lothian, with a little patchy light rain at times across East Lothian and the eastern Borders. Light winds. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Tonight:

A cloudy evening and night. Mainly dry for much of the night, just a few spots of light rain possible. Heavy persistent rain spreads east shortly before dawn. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Tuesday:

A dull, damp day with outbreaks of occasionally heavy rain, these widespread in the morning. Rain turns patchy in the west in the afternoon, but remaining persistent in the east. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Mostly dry on Wednesday, rather cloudy. Breezy later with rain overnight. Mostly dry Thursday, brightest in the east. Rain in the west, dry in east and mild Friday. Increasingly breezy.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Mon 11 Dec 2023

For most locations a continuing trend to more settled weather into the weekend as high pressure builds close to the southwest of the UK, though Scotland likely remaining in a more wet and windy regime with westerly winds. As such, the wettest weather likely across western high ground, mainly in Scotland and occasionally parts of Northern Ireland and northwest England. Settled conditions in the south with average temperatures and cloudy at times with some patchy light rain, mainly near western coasts and over hills. Clearer spells favoured the south and east but these also allowing potential for fog or frost overnight. The following week sees potential for high pressure to decline allowing a return to unsettled conditions and typically average temperatures, favouring the northwest for wettest and windiest conditions.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Sun 10 Dec 2023

More likely to be unsettled compared to the preceding settled spell with bands of rain crossing the UK with brighter conditions and showers in between. The wettest and windiest conditions are most likely in the west and northwest. The chance of a colder spell of weather, with hazards such as snow and ice, does increase later in December and into the New Year period. However, on balance conditions are more likely to remain generally mild and wet.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Sun 10 Dec 2023