Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders weather

Headline:

Heavy rain spreading east on Sunday.

Today:

A dry bright start. However, cloud thickens with heavy rain spreading across Dumfries and Galloway in the morning, then the Borders and Lothians in the afternoon. Turning dry and brighter from the west as rain clears. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Tonight:

A mostly dry cloudy evening and night. However, a chance of rain across southern Dumfries and Galloway for a time late evening, with just a few isolated showers elsewhere. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Monday:

A dry day for most with some sunny spells in the morning and early afternoon. Cloudier with a chance of showers across Galloway and East Lothian. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Cloudy, breezy with rain, perhaps heavy, on Tuesday. Dry with some sunny spells on Wednesday. Turning breezy with rain spreading east early Thursday, clearing to a mainly dry day.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Sun 10 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