Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

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Bright spells and showers on Wednesday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Scattered to frequent blustery showers feed in from the west through the evening and overnight, these showers heavy at times. Staying driest in eastern Borders. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

Wednesday:

It will be quite cool with bright or sunny spells and scattered heavy showers. Blustery winds around the southwest coast. Chance of overnight frost in places. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Rather cold Thursday with scattered heavy showers, chance of overnight frost. Some early showers on Friday, otherwise dry with sunny spells. Mostly dry and bright Saturday, rain in west later.

Changeable and at times rather unsettled conditions look to dominate at first, with low pressure often close by. This means periods of rain or showers, some of which could be heavy, for many places, though some drier interludes are also expected. As this period progresses, high pressure is likely to begin to build from the south bringing more in the way of settled weather. Temperatures likely cooler than average to begin, but tending to recover as the period progresses, perhaps becoming rather warm by the end of the period, especially in the south.

Patterns which bring more settled weather are more likely to dominate towards the end of May. Whilst further rain and showers are possible at times, there is likely to be longer spells of fine and dry weather. Into June, more mixed conditions are likely with spells of rain and showers, but also some drier weather at times. Temperatures are most likely to be near or slightly above average overall, with some warm weather possible at times.