Troon (South Ayrshire) weather

Headline:

Cloudy. Mostly dry, afternoon drizzle west. Heavy rain later.

Today:

Cloudy again throughout the day. Mainly dry in the morning but patchy drizzle in the west becomes more widespread and persistent later. Freshening southwesterly winds. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy and windy with a spell of heavy rain in the evening. Mainly dry with some clear spells over night, some showers in northern Argyll. Fresh westerly winds. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Saturday:

Bright spells and scattered showers, most frequent towards northern Argyll and Bute. Fresh west to northwest winds. Feeling colder. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Remaining colder with sunny spells and blustery showers, likely more frequent and heavier on Monday, and turning wintry on hills at first, possibly to lower levels from 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 some 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. 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.