Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders weather

Headline:

Mainly cloudy, occasional rain.

This Evening and Tonight:

Cloudy this evening with outbreaks of rain, some heavy at first in Southwest, and windy there with chance of gales over Galloway and Dumfriesshire coast. Becoming drier tonight, though still a few showers, perhaps some clear interludes for a time. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

Sunday:

Perhaps some sunny intervals at first, otherwise another mainly cloudy day, with occasional, mainly light rain though with a few heavier outbreaks likely in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Sunny spells and a few showers on Monday. Cloudy with rain, heavy at times, on Tuesday. Then brighter again on Wednesday with sunny spells.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Sat 9 Dec 2023

Potential for a band of rain across the UK before becoming more settled later in the week as high pressure builds over southern areas, though remaining in a more wet and windy regime as fronts occasionally push into northern areas. 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 patchy light rain near coasts and over hills. Clearer spells favouring the southeast 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 Sat 9 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, conditions are more likely to remain generally mild and wet.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Sat 9 Dec 2023