Edinburgh (Edinburgh) weather

Headline:

Dry, bright start. Occasional rain spreading north in the afternoon.

Today:

The morning will begin dry with sunny spells and a patchy frost. Cloud will spread northeast during the morning. Outbreaks of rain develop in the afternoon, heaviest and most persistent in the southwest. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy with some outbreaks of rain through the evening. Staying cloudy overnight with heavier bursts of rain developing at times. Strong southeast winds around the coast. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Wednesday:

Cloudy as bands of rain push northeast in the morning. Turning showery later, these showers heavy and thundery at times. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Bright spells and a few showers from the west on Thursday. A further rain band pushes northeast on Friday. Bright spells and showers again on Saturday.

A few showers around at the start of the period, mainly affecting the northwest where it will also be windy for a time. For many though the weekend should be fine and dry with spells of warm sunshine, but still some chilly nights. Into the following week fronts associated with another Atlantic low will try to push into the UK, but may struggle to make inroads against an area of high pressure to the northeast. So the greater chance of some rain is for western areas, while northern and eastern areas may well see plenty of dry weather. Temperatures likely remaining above average.

The dominant pattern during this period is most likely to be high pressure (or higher than average pressure) to the north and lower pressure to the south. This will probably lead to drier and more settled than normal weather in the north or northwest of the UK, with the south and possibly east more unsettled and wetter than normal. Temperatures will probably be close to or slightly above average overall.