Bonnyrigg (Midlothian Council) weather

Headline:

Showery rain in morning, more persistent in afternoon. Windy southwest,

Today:

Showery outbreaks of rain in the morning with some limited bright spells. Turning cloudier and windier as rain becomes heavy and persistent for some in the afternoon. Risk of gales around western coasts. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Tonight:

Occasionally heavy rain and strong winds will clear east in the evening. Then becoming dry with increasing clear spells developing. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

Saturday:

It will be mostly dry with bright or sunny spells, though turning somewhat cloudier for a time in the afternoon. The odd shower possible in the southwest at first Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Breezy Sunday and Monday with variable cloud and patchy rain at times, but also plenty of dry weather, especially across eastern areas. Some rain through Tuesday morning, then bright spells.

A band of cloud and increasingly patchy rain will likely come south early in the period with a ridge of high pressure then bringing a spell of mostly dry and fresher conditions, some chilly nights possible. Broadly changeable weather patterns look to continue through to the middle of October with areas of low pressure most likely to pass to the northwest of the UK with higher pressure across the south. So further rain and strong winds at times, mainly focused across the northwest, while southern areas see more in the way of dry weather. Temperatures close to or rather above average on the whole, but still scope for some unseasonably warm weather across the south.

The second half of October will probably maintain a changeable pattern overall with showers or longer spells of rain often moving in from the Atlantic. This means the wettest and at times windiest weather is more likely in the west and northwest, and relatively drier conditions more likely towards the south and east. With a westerly type considered most likely, this would support temperatures remaining close to or a little above average overall. However, there is a chance that more slowly evolving weather patterns develop, which could either lead to longer drier spells more widely or rainfall accumulating in climatologically drier areas.