Carron Valley Mountain Bike Trails (North Lanarkshire) weather

Headline:

Mostly dry, patchy rain west. windy, heavy rain later Friday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Dry but largely cloudy, particularly in the west with some clearer spells possible towards the east coast which may allow the odd patch of fog to develop. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

Friday:

Dry and some brightness towards Angus coast. Otherwise cloudy with some patchy rain in west. A spell of heavy rain and strengthening west to southwesterly winds in the evening. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Turning colder over weekend with sunny spells and blustery showers, perhaps more frequent and heavier on Sunday, and turning wintry on hills at first, possibly to lower levels on Monday.

Cold or very cold conditions are likely to affect most if not all parts of the UK early in this period, with wintry showers affecting in particular northern parts and exposed coastal districts. Overnight frost will likely be widespread and occasionally strong winds will result in significant wind chill. However, there may be more organised areas of rain and snow, accompanied by strong winds, which run across some parts. This could lead to some disruptive weather at times, especially at the start of this period. Briefly milder conditions may accompany these in the south. There is a hint that it may become less cold late in the period, but still likely remain mostly unsettled with further spells of rain and snow.

Signals vary in prevailing weather patterns through this period. In general, there looks like a trend towards drier and more settled conditions, with high pressure potentially being the more dominant influence over the UK. However. there is a chance of more changeable weather patterns at times, which would see Atlantic weather systems periodically move across the country. These will bring some wetter and windier interludes with a risk of some snow, especially for hills in the north. Temperatures trending closer to average, especially in the south.