Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden No 2 (Edinburgh) weather

Headline:

Mostly dry with brighter spells and light winds.

Today:

A fine dry day for most with best of bright and sunny spells across Dumfries and Galloway. Cloud increasing in the east for the afternoon, bringing the chance of a few scattered light showers here for late afternoon. Winds light. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Tonight:

Cloud and scattered light showers in Lothian and Borders. Dumfries and Galloway dry with clear spells bringing the risk of rural frost and fog patches come dawn. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Tuesday:

East keeping cloudy skies and some scattered drizzly showers. West dry with bright and sunny spells, towards the west coast. Winds light mainly from the east. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

East cloudy with some patchy light rain and drizzle, always focused around the coast and most persistent on Thursday. West dry with brighter spells.

High pressure is likely to dominate conditions across much of the UK initially, with large amounts of cloud at times but any amounts of rain or drizzle tending to be small. Quite breezy in the south, but a greater chance of some fog patches in northern areas where winds will be lighter. As the high pressure begins to migrate away to the east, frontal systems may attempt to bring some occasional rain to parts of the southwest and/or northwest at times, though exactly how much progress into the UK this makes is uncertain. In any case, rainfall is likely to be below average in many areas for this period as a whole, with temperatures initially a little below average before returning to near or slightly above average.

During the second half of November, there is an increasing chance of changeable or more unsettled conditions developing, with spells of rain and the potential for strong winds at times. The extent and location of the wettest and windiest weather is very uncertain at this range, with northern and western areas generally most favoured, but there is a chance the wettest conditions could become more focussed across southern parts for a time. Towards the end of November, whilst confidence is very low in the overall weather patterns, there may be a tendency for the tracks of Atlantic lows to shift farther south. Temperatures are likely to be near or above average for much of the period, although colder interludes remain possible, perhaps more especially later in the period.