Bathgate (West Lothian) weather

Headline:

Sunny spells and scattered showers on Friday.

Today:

A rather cloudy start with patchy rain or showers. However, becoming warm with sunny spells developing along with a scattering of showers. Any showers could be on the heavy side. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Tonight:

Any showers dying out with some late sunshine for all. Overnight mostly dry and clear, but cloiud and heavy showers reaching Dumfries and the Borders by morning. Minimum temperature 13 °C.

Saturday:

Mostly cloudy with showers or longer outbreaks of rain, the rain heavy with some thundery downpours leading to some flooding Galloway probably drier. Haar at times around North Sea coasts. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Mostly cloudy with showers or longer outbreaks of rain, the rain heavy and perhaps thundery. Haar at times around North Sea coasts.

Overall a rather more changeable pattern of weather through this period, compared to much of the summer thus far. Wednesday will likely see a continuation of heavy, perhaps thundery showers, although the focus may be more across the north and east by this stage. Thereafter, a general westerly or north-westerly regime looks to become established, with occasional weather systems moving in from the Atlantic. This means further rain or showers and breezy conditions at times, especially in the northwest. This will be interspersed with some drier, sunnier periods. Temperatures are expected to be close to or a little above average for most of the period. This broad pattern is likely to continue through to the end of July.

The rather changeable pattern will likely continue through early August with spells of rain or showers mixed in with some drier, brighter days. Towards mid-August, there are tentative signs that high pressure may become rather more dominant, which could bring more in the way dry, settled weather more widely. Temperatures will likely continue to be above average overall, with the possibility of very warm or hot spells developing later in the period, especially further south and east.