Stenhouse (Edinburgh) weather

Headline:

Dry with some sunny spells Friday, cloudier in east later.

This Evening and Tonight:

Dry this evening with clear periods. Then staying dry for the rest of the night with clear skies and some frost and fog patches. Light winds. Minimum temperature -2 °C.

Friday:

A chilly start with fog patches thinning through the morning. Then a dry day with sunny spells but clouding over at times in the afternoon, staying sunniest across Galloway. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

A mainly dry and rather cold few days although the odd light shower possible in the east on Saturday and again later Monday. Best of the sunshine across Galloway.

High pressure is expected to be slow moving and centred to the northeast of the UK over Scandinavia during this period. As a result, east or southeasterly winds will dominate, these bringing cold conditions across the UK from mainland Europe. Some light rain and hill snow is likely at first, particularly across the south of the UK. Dry conditions will probably become more prevalent later in this period with some spells of sunshine or clear skies. However, there is a continued risk of some wintry precipitation at times, particularly along southern and southwestern areas. Temperatures are expected to be below normal during the day with some overnight frost. Brisk winds will exacerbate the cold feel, particularly in the south of the UK.

Weather patterns in the UK are most likely to be slowly evolving. It is most likely that high pressure to the east or northeast of the UK will dominate at first in some form or another, but with time this may decline, allowing an erratic transition to rather more unsettled and less cold conditions. During this transition there is the possibility of periods or rain or snow, at least for a time, but confidence in these details is currently very low.