Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Headline:

Patchy rain. Becoming dry and very warm in west.

Today:

A cloudy and cool day in the east with rain at times, possibly heavy at first. A little rain at first in the west then, bright, sunny and warm. Maximum temperature 25 °C.

Tonight:

It will be cloudy for most with some patchy light drizzle at times. Staying dry in the southwest with some evening sunshine, then clear spells overnight. Minimum temperature 14 °C.

Sunday:

Bright or sunny spells to start in the southwest, otherwise a cloudy start. Then brightening up with sunny intervals developing for all. Very warm in west, cooler east. Maximum temperature 26 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Monday to Wednesday will be dry, sunny and very warm in the west. Dry and cooler in the east, cloudier at times but still plenty of sunny spells by day.

High pressure to the northeast of the UK with low pressure over the Bay of Biscay starts the period with broadly settled weather for the north of the UK with a risk of thunderstorms into the south of the UK from France at times. Through the weekend potentially turning more unsettled from the south before more settled conditions arrive from the west. Uncertain into the next week as cloud and longer spells of rain threaten the NW and possibly running through the UK at times. Temperatures will be warm or very warm initially, perhaps hot at times in the southwest, likely easing to warm or near average over the weekend, though further hot spells possible especially in the south..

The signal through the end of July and into August becomes increasingly mixed with spells of low pressure and more unsettled weather becoming more likely. There may still be some thunderstorms at times as well. There will still probably be some dry interludes, most probably in the south and southeast. Temperatures are likely to remain warm or very warm and some spells of hot weather remain possible.