Balloch (West Dunbartonshire) weather

Headline:

Mainly cloudy with patchy rain today, south drier this afternoon.

Today:

Cloudy this morning with patchy rain. This afternoon will be mainly dry and cloudy across the south, but further spells of rain across Argyll. Brisk westerly winds. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Tonight:

This evening will be cloudy with rain across Argyll, drier elsewhere. Then the rest of the night will be cloudy with some patchy rain, far south drier. Minimum temperature 14 °C.

Tuesday:

A cloudy morning with some patchy rain, this becoming confined to the Argyll during the afternoon. Chance of a little brightness in the afternoon in the south. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Cloudy start on Wednesday with drizzly rain across Argyll, otherwise dry and brightening up by afternoon. Thursday and Friday dry and very warm with some brightness.

Northern and western parts may be unsettled at first with heavy rain or thundery showers, before high pressure becomes reestablished. This will continue to bring dry and very warm weather across England and Wales, but always with an ongoing chance of thunderstorms moving in from France. High pressure will likely amplify northwards to bring periods of drier and warmer weather to most of Scotland and Northern Ireland too. Winds will be light to moderate for most, but gusty around any thunderstorms. Temperatures by day will be widely very warm, hot or even very hot in parts of the south. There are signs for the heatwave to ease back to more normal summer temperatures through the next week commencing Monday 13 July.

High pressure is more likely than low pressure for the rest of July, probably bringing settled and drier conditions. Occasionally this dry and warm weather could be interrupted by outbreaks of rain and stronger winds, which will be more probable in the north or west. As is typical for the time of year, there is a risk of heavy, thundery showers during any warm spells. These conditions are likely to persist through to the start of August, with unsettled interruptions perhaps becoming more common, but confidence at this range is low. In any case, temperatures are likely to be above average overall, with a greater than normal chance of hot conditions developing at times, especially in the south.