Saughall (East Ayrshire) weather

Headline:

Sunny spells and a few showers

Today:

A rather cloudy start but sunny spells soon developing. Most places will be dry but a few showers are likely especially across Argyll and Arran. Mainly light winds away. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Tonight:

A few showers continue across Argyll and Arran, but most paces will be dry with some long clear spells developing. Chilly with mainly light winds. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Wednesday:

A bright and largely dry start. However, showers in west develop more widely through the morning, and become occasionally heavy in the afternoon, as winds turn more northwesterly and freshen. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Bright, chilly start Thursday but increasing cloud brings occasionally heavy afternoon rain. The rain clears overnight to leave Friday and Saturday with sunny spells and increasingly frequent heavy, blustery showers.

It will likely be quite changeable through the middle of October, as a series of low pressure systems run across the North Atlantic, often to the north and northwest of the UK, bringing occasional bands of rain and strong winds, but interspersed with brighter and more showery conditions. Rain will be most prevalent across hills in the west and especially northwest, where above average rainfall is likely through this period. Longer drier interludes are more favoured in sheltered southern and eastern parts, but even here it is likely to be wetter than during recent weeks. Whilst brief cooler interludes are possible, temperatures are likely to be a little above average in many areas for the period as a whole.

The remainder of October and into early November will probably maintain a changeable pattern overall, with areas of low pressure often passing close to the UK from the North Atlantic, interspersed by occasional but short-lived ridges of high pressure. This regime will bring showers or longer spells of rain at times, with the wettest and windiest weather typically in the west and northwest, driest conditions more favoured in sheltered southern and eastern parts. Whilst some occasional colder interludes will be possible at times, temperatures are likely to be near or a little above average for the period as a whole.