Ben Macdui (Aberdeenshire) weather

Headline:

Thursday warm and dry with the sunshine best in east.

This Evening and Tonight:

The evening will be cloudy and dry. The cloud will break from late evening leaving the night dry with clear periods. Winds light and variable in direction. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Thursday:

After a bright start a band of cloud will push north, clearing from the south again from mid-afternoon. The day will stay dry and warm. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Friday and Saturday hot for many with sunny spells and most avoiding the isolated sharp afternoon showers. Sunday a little cooler with some patchy rain reaching from the west.

After a very warm or hot weekend in many parts of the UK, temperatures are likely to lower somewhat into next week, but still remaining above average across parts of the east and southeast. It will be rather changeable with some occasional rain or showers, most frequently in northwestern areas where it may be rather breezy or windy at times. Longer drier spells are more likely farther to the south and east, under the influence of higher pressure. Here, there is the chance of occasional very warm or hot spells, as south or southwesterly winds allow brief bursts of hotter air to encroach from the continent, but perhaps also accompanied by a few thunderstorms at times.

Rather changeable conditions are anticipated through the first half of July, the wettest and windiest conditions most likely towards the northwest with a risk of some heavy rain at times, especially over hills. Southern and eastern areas are most favoured for longer drier and more settled spells, although even here some occasional rain or showers will be possible, perhaps thundery. Temperatures are expected to be above average for most areas, especially towards the southeast where there will be an ongoing chance of some very warm or hot conditions at times.