Priorwood Garden (Scottish Borders) weather

Headline:

Cold and cloudy with showers.

Today:

It will be cloudy and cold with showers, these wintry over the hills. A few drier and brighter spells possible in the afternoon. Moderate or fresh easterly winds, strong at times around North Sea coasts. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

Mainly dry and cloudy, although some patchy light rain or showers around which will be wintry over the hills. Brisk easterly winds. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Wednesday:

Mainly dry and cloudy or bright with the odd light shower possible. Rather cold with light to moderate easterly winds. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Cold with a frost a night if the cloud breaks. However, often cloudy and dry, but there will be showers around at times, these wintry over the hills.

Southeasterly winds are likely at the start of this period. This will maintain below average temperatures and often cloudy conditions. There is a chance of even colder conditions developing temporarily, which would see more wintry showers, especially in eastern parts of the country. Meanwhile, Atlantic frontal zones, bringing milder conditions and rain, will attempt to move in from the west or southwest. Early in this period these look likely to have limited influence over the UK though should they push further northeastwards this would increase the chance of snow for some areas. The balance and transition between colder easterly winds and milder, wetter southwesterly winds remains uncertain during mid-February, but towards the end of this period, the milder, wetter conditions are likely to have spread across much of the country.

Although there is a small risk of colder conditions lingering for a time at the start of this period, it is most likely that an unsettled theme will probably have become established, with weather systems moving close to or across the UK. This will mean bands of rain and perhaps periods of strong winds spreading in from the west, interspersed with some drier and brighter interludes, but likely bringing above average rainfall amounts overall. Temperatures are most likely to become close to or a little above average by early March.