Ladybank (Fife) weather

Headline:

Cloudy with rain or drizzle today, drier in the west.

Today:

A continuation of recent days with cloudy conditions and outbreaks of rain continuing, more persistent in Angus and Perthshire. Western Tayside seeing some drier spells of weather. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Tonight:

Remaining cloudy through this evening and overnight with further spells of rain. Some drier spells of weather at times, especially across the far west. Light winds. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Sunday:

Mostly cloudy with some showery rain, especially in the morning. Somewhat drier weather spreading from the southwest in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Occasional rain on Monday, mainly in the east. Increasingly cold and windy into Tuesday and Wednesday with spells of rain and hill snow.

Frontal systems over the North Atlantic, steered by a south-shifted jet stream, are likely to approach the UK at times, but tending to stall as they encounter a blocking area of high pressure to the north and northeast. This will result in further spells of rain at times, falling in areas already sensitive to flooding. As these bands of rain spread northwards, some snow will be possible on high ground in northern England and Scotland as they encounter colder air. A subtle shift southwards of these areas of low pressure is anticipated during the second week of February, which may allow a greater chance of colder air to spread across northern UK at least, bringing an increased risk of wintry hazards for a time.

Whilst confidence is lower through this period, a south-shifted jet stream is likely to persist much of the time, steering areas of low pressure towards and south of the UK. This is likely to bring further spells of wet and windy weather, rain most frequent in the south and west, and perhaps also eastern Scotland, with the driest conditions, relative to normal, in northwest Scotland. Some hill snow will be possible at times as the wet weather encounters colder air across northern parts of the UK. Temperatures for the period as a whole will likely be close to average in the southwest, but a little below in the northeast.