North Top weather

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Sunny intervals and some showers.

Today:

A dry start and bright with some sunshine. A few showers breaking out by late morning, some turning out to be quite heavy in the west and north. Best sunshine along the east coast. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Tonight:

Most showers dying out this evening, with some clear spells for a time, but cloud thickening up to bring some haar and patchy drizzle. Minimum temperature 13 °C.

Saturday:

A cloudy start with patchy haar and drizzle, then brightening up with some sunny intervals. Perhaps a few heavy showers in the south of Aberdeenshire. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Sunny spells and the odd shower on Sunday. Some rain on Monday then brightening up and becoming warm. Tuesday bright and warm.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 19 Jul 2019

This period will tend to see a northwest to southeast split in the weather across the UK, with northwestern parts experiencing spells of rain, which could be heavy at times, as well as some periods of strong wind bringing a risk of coastal gales. By contrast, southern and southeastern parts of the UK should see much drier and warmer weather, which could be hot and rather humid at times, especially early to mid next week. Potential for thunderstorms to develop as any hot, settled weather breaks down from the west. Beyond that, the signals become more mixed although overall the northwest to southeast split will most probably continue. The south and southeast is likely to see some rain but it will be less frequent than in the northwest.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 19 Jul 2019

As we move into early 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 rain or thundery outbreaks, leading to marked local variations in rainfall. Temperatures are likely to be above average, perhaps more especially in the south and west.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 19 Jul 2019