Motherwell (North Lanarkshire) weather

Headline:

Mainly dry. Sunny spells developing.

Today:

A quite cloudy start on Friday with some patchy rain and drizzle around the west coast and over Northern Argyll. This cloud gradually lifting and breaking to allow bright or sunny spells with warm sunshine later. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Tonight:

Dry with late sunny and then clear spells through the evening. Clouding over through the Central Belt through the early hours. Minimum temperature 13 °C.

Saturday:

A cloudy start through the Central Belt but this should gradually lift and break through the morning. Otherwise dry and warm with bright or sunny spells. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Staying dry and bright from Sunday to Tuesday. Warm or very warm in any sunshine.

The details during this period carry low confidence. High pressure will probably be increasingly displaced to the north through the first part of this period, allowing areas of low pressure to potentially make inroads from the Atlantic. This brings an increasing possibility of stronger winds and rain, some of which could be heavy and thundery, especially for southern and western areas, but this perhaps becoming more widespread with time. Overall, temperatures look to remain above average, with the potential for some further hot spells, especially in the south. One of the determining factors of the forecast through this period will be the behaviour of what is currently Tropical Storm Erin as it progresses into the North Atlantic; this being a quite typical source of uncertainty in late summer.

Details during this time frame also carry low confidence. Overall, unsettled conditions with showers or longer spells of rain are expected to be most prevalent. Some heavy and thundery rain is possible at times with a risk of strong winds. Interspersed with this are likely to be some transient periods of drier and more settled weather. Temperatures are expected to be above normal with a chance of some hot spells, especially at first in the south.