Merrick (Dumfries and Galloway) weather

Headline:

Cloudy and cold, light sleet, snow west. Drier, brighter later.

Today:

A mostly cold, cloudy, dry and frosty start with some sleet and snow in the west. The sleet and snow will clear as bright spells increase from the afternoon. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Tonight:

The evening will begin clear, dry and frosty but cloud will soon spread west with wintry showers soon following into the east. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Friday:

The day will be cloudy and cold. Wintry coastal showers in the east during the morning will spread west through the day. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Wintry coastal showers Saturday and Sunday, dry inland. A band of snow will push northeast Sunday night, clearing from the southwest early Monday.

There is now much higher confidence for milder air to overspread the UK by the start of this period with the last of the cold air of the past couple of weeks expected to clear from the extreme northeast during the course of Monday. So this period likely to see brisk southwesterly winds bringing a very different feel to the weather than of late. There will be some rain or showers at times, but also a good deal of dry weather and although often cloudy, some brighter interludes are expected, especially to the lee of high ground. The milder conditions will see temperatures widely above average, and will lead to a rapid thaw of any remaining lying snow across northern parts of Scotland.

The outlook through the latter part of January and into the start of February is typically uncertain. A broadly southwesterly regime is marginally favoured bringing changeable conditions and spells of wet, windy and mild weather are likely, potentially with some very strong winds at times. However there is a chance that drier and colder conditions could extend into the UK from the east or northeast, along with a risk of some snow.