Portpatrick (Dumfries and Galloway) weather

Headline:

Most dry today. Sunshine turning widespread. Winds light. West warmest.

Today:

Rather cloudy start with some patchy light rain in the east, but this clears by around mid-morning, leaving a fine, dry, sunny day. The light northeast breezes restricting highs around east coasts, but seasonally warm in Dumfries and Galloway. Maximum temperature 22 °C.

Tonight:

All dry and most seeing good late sunshine then clear spells, but some lower cloud reaching around the east coasts towards dawn. Light north to northeast winds. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Thursday:

Dry. Most enjoying prolonged sunshine with seasonally warm highs in west. However east coasts seeing some lower cloud and with northeast breezes, highs here held to mid to high teens. Maximum temperature 24 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Mainly dry, sunny. Western areas continuing to enjoy best of sunshine and warm afternoon highs. However east coasts cloudier and cooler courtesy of the light northeast winds.

Mostly dry and largely sunny conditions are expected to continue for the vast majority over the next several days as a slow-moving area of high pressure remains dominant. It will continue to be warm or very warm for many, especially in the west, but it will be remain cooler in the east, especially along coasts, with some coastal areas seeing persistent low cloud at times, accompanied by a brisk breeze off the North Sea. There is an increasing chance that conditions will turn more unsettled from late next week though, as areas of rain and strengthening winds threaten from the west and/or south (the latter bringing a risk of thunderstorms). This would most likely to be accompanied by temperatures dropping nearer to average for the time of year.

The start of the period may see some more in the way of rain and showers across much of the UK, especially western parts. Fine and dry weather is more likely to prevail towards the south and east though and may start to develop more widely, but occasional spells of rain and showers are still possible, with the potential for thunderstorms on some days. Overall, temperatures will most likely be around or above normal for the time of year.