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Cold with wintry showers on Wednesday and blustery winds.

Today:

Mostly cloudy with occasional showers, these wintry at times especially over higher ground. A few sunny interludes too. Feeling cold in the fresh to strong northwest winds. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Tonight:

Most of the region will be dry with some clear spells and a touch of frost. A few wintry showers could affect Galloway at first. Minimum temperature -2 °C.

Thursday:

A dry bright start with some sunny spells. Clouding over with some light rain reaching the southwest by early afternoon and spreading to the east later. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Friday and Saturday will bring clear or sunny intervals and showers, with strong winds at times. Wet and windy for a time on Sunday then brighter with showers later.

High pressure to the southwest of the UK will likely be the dominant feature for this period. This will lead to a fairly blocked pattern, with weather fronts rounding the high to affect northern parts at times, where wet and windy weather can be expected. Further south, drier and more settled conditions are more likely, as frontal systems weaken as they meet the high pressure. Through the period, high pressure is likely to spread across much of the UK leading to settled conditions developing more widely. Whilst temperatures will be generally near to or a little above average, some colder interludes are possible, especially in the north, where there could be some wintry showers at times.

High pressure will likely be more dominant at the start of this period, the centre of which transferring from somewhere west or southwest of the UK to somewhere north of the UK. As such, plenty of dry weather seems most likely, but with changes in wind direction leading to some quite marked differences in cloud amounts and temperature from day to day. Moving further into April, there is a chance that high pressure will become less dominant and thus there is a greater chance of more places seeing some rain and possible stronger winds from time to time. Overall, temperatures will likely be near to average.