Davidson's Mains (Edinburgh) weather

Headline:

Dry, bright morning. Cloud, rain spreading east in afternoon, evening.

Today:

Dry with bright or sunny spells in the morning. Turning gradually cloudier and breezier through the afternoon with occasional rain spreading east through the evening. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Tonight:

A cloudy evening with rain, hill snow continuing to spread east through the night. Turning gradually drier from the west through the early hours with some clearer spells in east. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Thursday:

A dry day with variable amounts of cloud but some bright and sunnier spells developing too, especially around coasts. Maximum temperature 3 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Risk of patchy rain for a time on Friday. Otherwise a good deal of dry, albeit rather cloudy weather into the weekend. Windy by Sunday.

Slow evolving weather patterns in the vicinity of the UK are most favoured through this period, with low pressure often to the west or southwest and high pressure near or over Scandinavia. Areas of rain or showers will attempt to push into some western and southwestern parts of the UK in particular, but possibly making limited eastwards progress. Longer, drier interludes are most likely in the east and northeast, though potentially rather cloudy at times. A gradual trend towards colder conditions is most likely through this period, especially in the south and east. As such, whilst wintry precipitation will be more reserved for hills initially, this may become more likely to lower levels later in the period.

Initially, slowly evolving weather patterns are most likely in the vicinity of the UK, with low pressure typically to the west or southwest and high pressure to the northeast. This configuration brings an increased chance of cold conditions affecting parts of the UK, and the associated risk of wintry hazards at times. Deeper into February, and whilst confidence is naturally rather low, there may be a transition to more widely unsettled conditions and perhaps a corresponding recovery in temperature back closer to average.