Scotland is facing blustery showers that could give rise to weather warnings over the coming days, the Met Office has predicted.
The service's latest report says the unsettled nature of the forecast 'may require' warnings to be issued. Conditions could turn stormy due to the bands of showers and gusts set to appear this weekend and through Monday.
There is one silver lining, however, as the Met Office notes temperatures will be 'quite high'. Despite the soggy weather, Scots will be heartened to know there will be some spells of sunshine and it could feel mild as warmer air is drawn up from the south.
Speaking on the Met Office's 10-day trend forecast, presenter and meteorologist Alex Deakin said: "Low-pressure is going to dominate things for the next ten days, bringing spells of wet and windy weather and also some quite high temperatures."
Forecasters say the low pressure is currently positioned far to the southwest of the UK, sending weather fronts in over the coming days.
Alex continued: "We've got this large area of low pressure. It's a mature feature, which means it's been around for a while. The reason it's not shifting is because of the position of the jet stream, which is driving south through the Atlantic and creating a trough, allowing this low to mill around and driving up other weather fronts.
"Fast forward to Monday and the pressure hasn't really changed very much. The low has shifted a little bit further north. There's another one spawning out in the Atlantic and the jet stream hasn't really shifted either. So that means bands of showery rain over the next five days, with the isobars often squeezing together, bringing spells of gusty winds."
It's this low pressure that's helping to draw warmer air up from the south, even though unsettled weather will be possible through the weekend and into early next week.
"Because of that warmer air for the next several days, it's going to be warmer than average by day and particularly warmer than average across the south at night. Between these weather fronts, there will, at times, be spells of sunshine and when the sun is out it's going to feel quite mild," said Alex.
Met Office's five-day forecast
Today:
Rather cloudy across much of Scotland and large parts of England. Spells of rain here, heavy at times, with parts of northern and eastern England seeing the most persistent rain. Brighter over Northern Ireland, Wales and southwest England.
Tonight:
Early evening rain over northern and eastern England and Scotland becoming mainly confined to northern Scotland later. Becoming windy and showery in the southwest. Some fog patches developing.
Friday:
Cloudy with rain at times over northern Scotland. Most other areas windy and showery, showers heavy at times, but some bright or sunny spells between showers too.
Outlook for Saturday to Monday:
Continuing unsettled with periods of rain or showers, heavy at times, but some drier and brighter interludes too. Windy in places, especially in the south on Monday. Warm for October.
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