Bell Craig (Scottish Borders) weather

Headline:

Mostly dry with sunny spells, just the odd shower.

Today:

Mostly dry throughout the daytime with some good sunny spells between patchy amounts of cloud. Chance of the odd afternoon shower in south. Moderate winds, occasionally fresh around west coasts. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Tonight:

Dry with clear spells at first this evening. Turning cloudy overnight, with showery outbreaks of rain spreading northeast, these heavy for a time. Rather windy around west coasts. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Friday:

Cloudy and windy with showery outbreaks of rain, becoming heavy and persistent for some in the afternoon. Risk of gales around western coasts. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Bright and breezy with variable cloud amounts. Occasional patchy rain at times, but also plenty of dry weather, especially across eastern areas

The southern UK will likely be under the influence of high pressure for the first few days of this period. This means plenty of dry weather to be had here, albeit with some chilly nights and overnight and morning fog in places. In the north, a rather more changeable pattern will continue, with occasional rain and windy conditions at times. Broadly changeable weather patterns look to continue through mid-month, with ridges of high pressure extending from the southwest, interspersed by Atlantic frontal systems. These could be associated with quite deep and fast-moving depressions, bringing the potential for windy weather more widely, again most likely in the north. Temperatures probably near or slightly above normal overall, with day to day variations.

The second half of October will probably maintain a changeable pattern overall with showers or longer spells of rain often moving in from the Atlantic. This means the wettest and at times windiest weather is more likely in the west and northwest, and relatively drier conditions more likely towards the south and east. With a westerly type considered most likely, this would support temperatures remaining close to or a little above average overall. However, there is a chance that more slowly evolving weather patterns develop, which could either lead to longer drier spells more widely or rainfall accumulating in climatologically drier areas.