The weather is truly giving Scots whiplash this week as temperatures are set to rise.
After Easter Sunday was transformed into a winter wonderland for many this weekend thanks to Storm Dave, many Scots have been looking forward to some warmer weather as we move further into the spring season. Well it seems we won’t need to wait long as temperatures are set to soar later today (April 7).
According to the Met Office, Glasgow will even be hotter than the Spanish city of Barcelona on Tuesday afternoon. While this dramatic change in temperature may feel like whiplash in comparison to the chilly Easter conditions, many Scots will be over the moon to enjoy some much needed warmth and sunshine.
The national forecaster is currently predicting that those in Glasgow will be sizzling in highs of 20C from 5pm on Tuesday, April 7. With temperatures slowly rising throughout the day, Scots may want to peel off some of their emergency winter layers.
This toasty heat will also mean that Glasgow will be hotter than tourist hotspot Barcelona. According to the Met Office’s hourly forecast, the Spanish city is predicted to only hit a high of 18C at 2pm this afternoon, which will continue throughout the day until it begins to drop from 8pm.
Other areas of Scotland are also set to be hotter than the Spanish holiday hotspot this afternoon, with Dumfries, Fort William, Craig and Ullapool all predicted to hit 19C by 3pm. Meanwhile, Edinburgh and Biggar will be as hot as the holiday destination at 18C.
However, not all of Scotland will be enjoying the rising temperatures. While Glasgow peaks at 20C around dinner time, sadly Aberdeen will only hit 10C, with Dundee sitting at 12C.
These warm conditions also aren’t expected to last as the Met Office’s forecast for Strathclyde tomorrow (April 8) is stating that temperatures will feel “significantly cooler” than today, showing that it still may not be the right time to ditch the warm winter clothing.
It reads: “Temperatures will feel significantly cooler than today. Rather cloudy morning with some patchy rain, mostly confined across Argyll. Mainly dry for the afternoon with brighter spells.”
Met Office meteorologist Honor Criswick has warned that while there are warmer and brighter spells at the moment for some, the weather is “likely turning a bit more unsettled towards the end of the week.”
Looking at Tuesday afternoon, the current forecast reads: “In the north west, clouding over with some outbreaks of rain across the western Scotland and western areas of Northern Ireland.
“This could turn a little bit heavy and it’s going to turn fairly breezy here towards the end of the day, perhaps turning a touch cloudier in parts of Scotland, creating hazier spells of sunshine.”
However, while temperatures are set to stay in the high single figures overnight with Glasgow sitting around 16C by Wednesday afternoon, Criswick warns that the fresh weather will only be a “brief warm spell”.
She adds: “Later on, on Wednesday we’ll start to introduce a couple of cold fronts that will bring in a different air mass, so some colder conditions are on its way on Thursday.
“Not only this, its going to bring in some bands of rain and also some heavy showers.” She also warns that an area of low pressure coming in on Friday could potentially lead to “quite a wet and windy spell to finish off the week.”
With chilly and wet conditions sadly on the horizon, Scots in areas with soaring temperatures this afternoon will want to make the most of it before it disappears.
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