Temperatures as low as 0C to send Scots shivering in this weekend's washout
It's going to be a cold and rainy spring bank holiday weekend, according to forecasts.
Scots may have been able to enjoy some much-deserved sun over the past few weeks, with temperatures nearing a scorching 26C in some areas of the country. But the latest forecasts show an oncoming dramatic drop in the mercury as well as some serious rainfall- just in time for the spring Bank Holiday weekend.
Weather maps from WX Charts, which use Met Desk data, show plummeting temperatures in the early hours of Friday, May 23, signalling a dramatic end to the weeks-long heatwave. In fact, temperatures in parts of the Highlands are forecast to reach as low as 0C during the night as we enter Friday morning.
Throughout Friday, the weather maps show a max temperature for Scotland to reach a meagre 16C, almost 10C colder than the scorching mercury we've witnessed over this past heatwave. Auchincruive cracked the 25C barrier twice last week, and was even hotter than LA, but it seems this taste of paradise is about to come to an abrupt end.
And the cold will be accompanied by some serious rainfall as the bank holiday weekend looks to be a total washout as well.
Mark Sidaway, deputy chief meteorologist at the Met Office, said: "The high pressure that has been around for the last few weeks will slowly lose its grip on the UK this week, bringing a change to more unsettled conditions with many areas seeing rain or showers, ending the prolonged dry spell."
Scotland can expect the brunt of the rainfall to start at around 12pm on Friday, bringing a damp end to the recent glorious weather, as the downpour is forecast to hit the west coast and the Western Isles as it moves in from the Atlantic.
The weatherfront will then continue to move across the country, bringing much worse conditions for most of Scotland.
By 9pm on Friday night, the majority of the mainland will be experiencing some form of rain, from drizzle to downpours.
And while Friday appears to be the coldest and rainiest day, the rest of the weekend looks to be equally miserable, if not quite as cold.
Saturday will welcome mild temperatures with a max of 18C in the east of Scotland, while the west will see cooler weather sitting between 14C and 16C.
Saturday is also forecast to be slightly drier than the downpours we'll see on Friday.
Sunday is to record even cooler temperatures of around 12C to 14C when the mercury is at its highest, and further wet weather, so those spectating or running the Edinburgh Marathon may want to look out their waterproofs.
The Met Office released its long-range forecast for the period, saying: "As we head into the bank holiday weekend and following week, a change in weather type is expected as unsettled conditions develop, with weather systems moving in from the Atlantic.
"Drier and brighter intervals are likely between systems but with showers, some of which could be heavy/thundery.
"The wettest weather will tend to be toward the west."
It comes after the Met Office announced it will from now on predict the UK's weather more accurately, thanks to its brand new supercomputer, which is particularly useful for more accurately predicting rainfall.
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