Royal Highland Showground (Edinburgh) weather

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Mostly dry Sunday but some wintry showers near coasts. Cold.

This Evening and Tonight:

It will be a very cold night with patchy cloud and the odd wintry shower around the coasts. Elsewhere will stay dry with mostly clear skies leading to a widespread frost. Minimum temperature -4 °C.

Sunday:

Remaining very cold, with cloud and snow showers over Galloway and Berwickshire coasts. Elsewhere staying mostly dry with sunny spells, though the odd light snow shower possible around midday. Maximum temperature 2 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Mostly dry with sunny spells Monday, the odd snow shower around coasts. Rain and hill snow spreading east through Tuesday with winds strengthening. This clears to dry spells Wednesday. Cold.

Rather changeable, as Atlantic frontal systems attempt to cross the UK from the west to bring occasional outbreaks of rain, but preceded by snow in some areas, more especially central, northern and eastern parts of the UK, perhaps giving some significant snow accumulations in places, particularly on northern hills. These low pressure systems, whilst could bring some periods of strong winds, will be interspersed with quieter, drier interludes under transient ridges of high pressure with the potential for frost, and wintry showers along coasts exposed to northerly winds. A continuation of this general pattern is favoured into the following week, although perhaps with temperatures trending closer to average such that the frequency of wintry hazards, especially in the south, may reduce slightly.

The outlook through the second half of January is very uncertain, with no strong indication for any particular weather pattern to dominate. As such, conditions are most likely to be changeable. Spells of wet, windy and mild weather are possible at times, along with colder, drier interludes with overnight frost and fog. Snow and ice remain possible, especially in central and northern parts of the UK, but the chance of these is lower than earlier in the month.