Blantyre (South Lanarkshire) weather

Headline:

Cloud and patchy rain clearing later Tuesday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Some clear spells this evening and mostly dry, some light rain possible over northern Argyll. Becoming cloudier overnight as rain and drizzle spreads south-eastwards. Fresh southwesterly winds along the coast. Minimum temperature 12 °C.

Tuesday:

Cloudy with some patchy rain. Drier and eventually clearer weather will spread southeast by the end of the afternoon. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Dry on Wednesday with some morning sunshine, clouding over in the afternoon. Cloudy with occasional rain on Thursday, then dry on Friday.

High pressure is expected to dominate for most if not all of the rest of the period, bringing plenty of dry, settled weather. Cloud amounts will be variable, and some overnight fog is likely, this slowly clearing through the morning. Frontal systems rounding the high may push some cloud and rain into the extreme north of the country at times along with some stronger winds, Orkney and Shetland most likely to see this, but here too the emphasis is on a good deal of dry and settled weather. Temperatures will be near average overall, but with some chilly nights possible, perhaps with isolated frost. Equally in any cloud breaks and light winds it will feel pleasantly warm by day.

The final third of October will likely see a transition to more unsettled conditions across the UK, with high pressure relinquishing its grip, though the timing and manner of this is uncertain. Whether this takes the form of successive depressions moving in from the Atlantic or a rather slower-evolving weather pattern remains to be seen, but there is a greater chance of most if not all places seeing spells of rain or showers and possibly strong winds later in the month, these conditions continuing into the start of November. Temperatures will probably be close to average overall.