Pathhead (Midlothian Council) weather

Headline:

Bright with showers. Chilly winds.

Today:

A mixture of bright spells and occasional showers, the showers heavy at times during the morning. Feeling chilly in the fresh to strong westerly winds. The showers becoming lighter and more scattered through the afternoon with winds easing. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Tonight:

Most of the showers dying out with clear skies for a time. Thickening cloud and patchy light rain moving into Dumfries and Galloway later in the evening, pushing eastwards overnight. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

Tuesday:

Cloudy with patchy light rain at first, mainly over the hills. Brighter spells developing and feeling quite warm in any sunshine. Winds light or moderate from the southwest. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

A dry and bright start on Wednesday, but rain later. Mainly dry on Thursday and Friday, best of the brightness on Thursday with the odd shower possible on Friday.

A broad northwest to southeast split is most likely during this period. The northwest is likely to be more unsettled with low pressure systems moving in at times, bringing periods of strong winds and showers or longer spells of rain. In the southeast, high pressure will have greater influence, with more settled, drier weather as a result. Temperatures overall are likely to be near to or slightly above normal, but there remains the chance of some overnight frost.

High pressure may be dominant early in this period, which would bring plenty of dry and settled weather across the UK, especially in the south and perhaps east. Any low pressure systems bringing wetter, windier weather are most likely to affect the north. Towards the latter part of April, low pressure patterns may become more prevalent, with unsettled or more changeable conditions developing widely. Temperatures are likely to be close to or slightly above normal.