Motherwell (North Lanarkshire) weather

Headline:

Dry with sunny spells on Friday.

Today:

It will be a dry day with patchy cloud and plenty of bright and sunny spells breaking through. Mostly light winds but breezy near the coast. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Tonight:

A dry evening with late sunny spells leading to clear spells after sunset. Overnight remaining dry with long clear spells for most, but turning cloudier in the west. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Saturday:

Sunny spells to start inland but soon turning cloudy through the morning. Rain affecting coastal areas at first, then spreading eastwards through the afternoon and turning heavy at times. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Mostly cloudy with heavy showers on Sunday. Drier on Monday with sunny spells, the odd shower possible. Strong winds at times on Tuesday with rain clearing to heavy showers.

Changeable conditions look to dominate at first, with low pressure often close by. This means periods of rain or showers, some of which could be heavy and more focussed across northwestern areas. Drier interludes are also expected, most especially across southeastern UK. As this period progresses, high pressure is likely to begin to build from the south bringing more settled weather, although with occasional showers. Temperatures near-normal to begin, but tending to rise as the period progresses, perhaps becoming rather warm by the end of the period, especially in the south. Winds will be stronger during the first part of the period, generally from a southwesterly direction, before becoming lighter in line with the more settled conditions.

Whilst further rain and showers are possible at times, there is also likely to be spells of fine and dry weather. Patterns which bring more settled weather are more likely to dominate towards the end of May across southern areas with more unsettled spells of weather likely to be focused further north. Into June, more mixed conditions are likely with spells of rain and showers, but also some drier weather at times. Temperatures are most likely to be near or slightly above average overall, with some warm weather possible at times.