Monday 5th May 2025

High pressure still in control, though positioned to allow a cooler north-easterly flow, for now.

Thanks to Chris for the photograph.

We start the week with high pressure located just to the west of Scotland, but that means a chilly north-easterly breeze.

Monday sees lots of cloud around, you might even catch a shower though the middle part of the day, small chances anyway. A bit of sunshine at times, more so later in the day but still plenty of cloud. Around 14’C or so. Reasonably clear skies overnight, though some cloud – down to around 3’C.

Tuesday starts with some sunny spells, some cloud. Generally becoming more overcast for the afternoon, perhaps earlier – temperatures reaching around 14’C or so, perhaps a little more if sunshine amounts surprise. The cool north-easterly breeze persisting. Fairly cloudy overnight though the low cloud being replaced by high cloud – down to around 4’C.

Wednesday looks mostly cloudy once more, though the cloud thin enough for hazy sunshine to poke through at times, more likely in the morning. We’ll still have the north-easterly breeze, and temperatures reaching around 15’C, give or take. A fair amount of cloud overnight, perhaps even a spot of light rain, down to around 7’C.

Subtle changes by Thursday as the high shifts around a bit, and the breeze becomes more easterly. Still likely a lot of cloud around, especially during the lunchtime period, but more sunny spells than the previous two days – especially later in the day. A little warmer, around 17’C or so. Probably clear skies overnight, down to around 6’C.

Similar set-up for Friday, high pressure centred over the north of Scotland with an easterly flow.

Probably good spells of sunshine by this stage, some fair-weather cloud especially around lunchtime. Reaching around 18’C so quite warm, maybe a tad more. Clear skies overnight, down to around 6’C.

Saturday looks very pleasant, good spells of sunshine, a little bit of cloud. Temperatures around 18’C, perhaps scraping a 20’C. Mostly clear skies overnight, down to around 7’C.

Most likely Sunday remains fairly sunny, some cloud more likely to bubble up and a very small chance of an afternoon shower. Around 20’C, give or take.

The more likely outcome for next week is that high pressure stays in control, with more sunshine and temperatures broadly in the range of 17’C to 22’C, depending on exact positioning of high pressure.

There is a small chance instead that low pressure over Spain/France moves north and we end up more showery – but I do feel most likely this showery regime remains over the Mediterranean at least for another week or two.

Maybe some showers for us later in the month.

Have a pleasant week.