An Riabhachan weather

Headline:

Rain spreading from west on Wednesday, northwest brighter later.

This Evening and Tonight:

Showers dying out this evening to leave many places dry with some sunshine. Mainly dry for the rest of the night but some showery rain developing across the Western Isles and west coast later, heavy over the hills. Minimum temperature 12 °C.

Wednesday:

Dry, bright start in the east before cloud and rain extend eastwards across all parts in the morning. Rain at times in the afternoon, drier weather reaching the northwest later. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Sunshine and showers on Thursday, some of these occasionally heavy with thunder. Bright with scattered showers on Friday. Rain Friday night then showery again on Saturday

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 16 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: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 16 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: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 16 Jul 2019