Saileag (Highland) weather

Headline:

Dry, sunny and very warm on Friday.

Today:

Dry and very warm or hot with plenty of unbroken sunshine through the day for most. Some patchy cloud over the Isles, this clearing later. Mostly light winds but a moderate southerly for the Isles. Maximum temperature 26 °C.

Tonight:

A fine warm sunny evening with mostly light breezes. Then a dry night with long clear periods. A very mild night, even warm in the west. Minimum temperature 15 °C.

Saturday:

Dry with long sunny spells and hot or very hot for most. Cooler around some northeastern coasts with perhaps some patchy haar. Maximum temperature 30 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Sunday dry with long sunny spells and hot, though some coastal haar possible in northeast on Sunday, Chance of some thundery rain moving northeast later Monday and early Tuesday.

A band of locally heavy and thundery rain will clear northeast from Scotland during Tuesday. Elsewhere, there will be a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers and it will be cooler and fresher. By the end of Tuesday, more rain is likely to move into the far west of the UK. From the middle of next week, a rather changeable pattern is anticipated with some rain or showers possible at times, which could be heavy and thundery, and generally focussed over western areas. Longer drier spells are more likely towards the south and east, although even here some showers are probable at times. Temperatures are likely to remain above average, especially in the south and east where further spells of very warm or hot weather remain possible.

A continuation of the broad themes from earlier in the month look most likely, with changeable conditions dominating. This means most areas are likely to see some rain or showers at times, which could be heavy with a chance of thunder. Some drier spells are also likely too. Temperatures are likely to end up above average overall with a continued, and perhaps higher than normal, chance of occasional hot spells or heatwaves, especially further to the southeast. However, around the turn of the month, there is a signal for perhaps more widely unsettled weather to develop, though the details of this remain uncertain.