Swatte Fell (Dumfries and Galloway) weather

Headline:

Bright spells and some showers

Today:

A quite cloudy start but mostly dry with the odd coastal shower in the southwest. Bright spells and a few showers breaking out inland from mid-morning, perhaps heavy and thundery in the southeast, gradually dying out through the late afternoon. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Tonight:

Dry with some sunshine at first, but increasingly cloudy through the evening before rain arrives in southwest shortly before midnight, heavy at times, spreading to all overnight. Freshening southwest winds. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Thursday:

A cloudy, wet start with rain heaviest in southwest. Rain becomes more patchy through the afternoon, perhaps allowing some brighter spells. Gusty southwest winds, with small chance of coastal gales. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Cloudy with some showers Friday morning, becoming drier with sunny spells later. Then a dry start on Saturday before rain spreading northeast. Rain or showers on Sunday. Occasionally windy.

Continuing changeable with further frontal systems running east into the UK bringing further spells of rain, with showery interludes in-between. Strong winds may also develop at times, particularly towards the northwest. With time, the signs are that systems will increasingly track to the northwest of the country, with the south probably starting to see longer, drier interludes while the northwest continues to see more in the way of rain and at times strong winds, Temperatures are expected to be around or a little above normal overall, but will be cooler in any prolonged periods of rainfall. Meanwhile, there is the possibility of some very warm or even hot conditions developing later in this period, especially in the south, and these bring with them the chance of thunderstorms.

Changeable weather across the UK with a mixture of Atlantic weather systems moving in from the west interspersed with dry and sunny periods. Wetter conditions tending to be towards the northwest of the UK, with the south and southeast likely to see more in the way of dry weather, Temperatures are most likely to be near or slightly above normal, perhaps with some hot spells at times, especially across the south. Any hot spells may be accompanied by an increased chance of thunderstorms though.