Mcarthur's Head (Argyll and Bute) weather

Headline:

Showery and breezy for Friday.

Today:

A day of showers and brighter spells. Outbreaks frequent across Argyll, with the chance of hail and thunder for the Inner Hebrides and western areas of Argyll. Lanarkshire seeing the best of the shelter. Brisk southwest winds. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Tonight:

A rather cloudy start with scattered showers, chiefly in Argyll for the evening, then Ayrshire overnight. Winds backing south to southeast and easing light inland. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Saturday:

Mainly dry with only a few well scattered showers appearing. With winds now backed southeasterly best of the sunny spells will be in the Central Belt. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Southeast winds persisting keeping mainly dry and occasionally sunny conditions, the best of these for the Isles and around the coast.

A gradual transition to more settled conditions is expected, as high pressure builds to the north of the UK. This will bring a strengthening easterly wind over the Christmas period, making it feel noticeably colder than of late. Whilst there will be a fair amount of dry weather, a few showers will still be possible, particularly across eastern and southern parts which may be wintry in places, more especially over high ground. High pressure will likely dominate the weather in the run up to the New Year, slowly drifting to the west. This will maintain largely settled conditions, although with an increasing chance of showers later in the period. Temperatures will be below average much of the time, with frost likely where clear skies and light winds prevail.

High pressure will probably remain influential across the UK during this period. This means an increasing likelihood of dry weather compared to the winter so far. Despite the greater signal for settled weather, showers or occasional bands of rain are still possible at times, especially later in the period towards January. These could be wintry in nature. Temperatures are expected to be close to normal for the time of year.