Arduaine Gardens (Argyll and Bute) weather

Headline:

Mainly dry start then rain spreading in from west.

Today:

A mainly dry start, some sunny intervals in south at first. Cloud and rain spreading to Argyll then to most areas later. Strong southwesterly winds along the Argyll coast. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Tonight:

A cloudy evening with outbreaks of rain which may be heavy at times. Remaining cloudy through the rest of the night with further rain at times. Minimum temperature 14 °C.

Sunday:

Patchy rain will clear away, with skies becoming increasingly bright through the afternoon. Sunny spells will develop, although the odd light shower is possible across Argyll. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Dry, bright and increasingly warm or very warm during this period, with variable amounts of cloud and some hazy sunny spells.

Something of a north to south split to start the period. Some rain or showers are likely in the north whilst it will be predominantly dry, sunny and hot in the south. The heat in the south will likely ease into next weekend but probably remain a little above average. Further into August high pressure will likely become more widely dominant leading to settled conditions for most. There are signs that low pressure systems or thundery interludes will interrupt this at times, but rainfall amounts will probably be variable, with some areas continuing to see relatively little. Temperatures are likely to remain above average, with a chance of a return of the hot conditions seen earlier in the period.

The broad theme of high pressure remaining in place at least close to the UK seems most probable, but with occasional more unsettled or changeable interludes likely, either resulting from Atlantic frontal systems moving east or thundery plumes possibly drifting north from the continent. This means that rainfall amounts overall are more likely to be below normal than above. Temperatures will probably be above average and some spells of hot weather and heatwaves are possible, especially in the south.