Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Headline:

Dry, bright and warm. Cloudier in east at times.

Today:

Mainly dry with variable amounts of cloud. Feeling cooler than Monday around eastern coasts where more in the way of cloud is expected at times. Sunny and very warm for Dumfries and Galloway. Maximum temperature 24 °C.

Tonight:

A dry evening and night. Rather cloudy, especially in the east, while the west will see more in the way of clearer spells. Minimum temperature 11 °C.

Wednesday:

Dry and bright but rather cloudy, with the best chance of brighter spells developing during the afternoon. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Dry and warm or very warm on Thursday with sunny spells. Variable cloud with risk of a few showers on Friday and Saturday.

The south of the UK is expected to be mainly fine and dry for the start of this period, with temperatures above normal. It will be cloudier in the north with some rain at times, this heavy in places. Moving further into the period, conditions will likely become unsettled across the UK as a whole. Atlantic weather systems will move in from the west bringing showers or longer spells of rain at times. The rain will likely be heaviest in parts of the west and northwest. Temperatures will probably be near normal overall.

Probably changeable or unsettled at first with Atlantic frontal systems bringing showers or longer spells of rain at times. From mid-month, high pressure may begin to become more dominant with conditions becoming dry and more settled, although some showery interludes are still possible. Temperatures are expected to be near normal at first, but probably rising above average later.