Midlothian Snowsports Centre (Midlothian Council) weather

Headline:

Dry, bright start on Wednesday. More cloud, showers later.

This Evening and Tonight:

The night will be dry with patchy cloud. Long clear periods and light winds will lead to a widespread frost. Cloud will increase in the west towards morning. Minimum temperature -4 °C.

Wednesday:

After a dry and bright start, cloud will spread southeast from the morning with light showery rain following in the west from late afternoon. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Staying very cold but mainly dry with sunny spells and the occasional shower, these falling as snow over high ground. It will be breezy with strong winds along the coasts.

Cold northerly winds dominant across the UK in the first week of January. These will bring wintry showers (often of snow) to many coastlines (and areas just inland of these) that are exposed to onshore winds. Day-to-day changes in wind direction will change the places most exposed to the showers, but many inland locations across central and southern areas will remain mostly dry but cold - some more coherent bands of rain, sleet and snow working south at times. Into the second week of January slightly milder conditions will attempt to move in from the west, with a risk of further snow on the leading edge of these turning to rain. Colder regime more likely to the north with average to just below average in the south.

Whilst confidence in details is low, by the start of this period the transition back to westerly winds bringing Atlantic weather systems into the UK is expected to be complete, with temperatures most likely recovering to around or just below average. There is perhaps a weak signal for slowly evolving weather patterns to be more favoured than normal, such patterns increase the chances of frost and fog above normal by night.